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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Clive Edwards , Professor Gareth ShawPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780754609063ISBN 10: 0754609065 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 12 April 2005 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'This book is a well of ideas and information about how furniture has been an essential part of modern ideas of comfort and living, and will make profitable reading for social and cultural students of consumption as well as for economic historians.' European History Review '... this is a book that tries to think through and integrate new approaches to objects, culture and consumption with neglected areas of the history of furniture and furnishings (retailing and the making of 'home'). All those who wish to follow in this relatively uncharted area will find much to interest them here.' Furniture History Society Newsletter '... this is a richly useful book, which brings together otherwise largely disparate topics and students or researchers in a number of fields would be wise to consult it.' Urban History 'This well-written and clearly organized book is a synthetic and descriptive account.' Business History Reviews 'This book is a well of ideas and information about how furniture has been an essential part of modern ideas of comfort and living, and will make profitable reading for social and cultural students of consumption as well as for economic historians.' European History Review '... this is a book that tries to think through and integrate new approaches to objects, culture and consumption with neglected areas of the history of furniture and furnishings (retailing and the making of 'home'). All those who wish to follow in this relatively uncharted area will find much to interest them here.' Furniture History Society Newsletter '... this is a richly useful book, which brings together otherwise largely disparate topics and students or researchers in a number of fields would be wise to consult it.' Urban History 'This well-written and clearly organized book is a synthetic and descriptive account.' Business History Reviews Author InformationClive Edwards is a Senior Lecturer and Research Co-ordinator in the School of Art and Design at Loughborough University, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |