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Preferred term
consumer revolution in eighteenth-century Britain
Definition
- Consumer revolution in eighteenth-century Britain refers to an explanatory device historians have used to elucidate shifts in production, retail practices, and attitudes toward consumption that produced a “consumer revolution” in Britain at that time. Explanatory Device The consumer revolution is a phenomenon of historical interpretation that has some basis in reality, but most historians now agree that its significance has been highly exaggerated. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Consumer Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Britain]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/consumer_revolution_in_eighteenth-century_Britain
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