Making the Grand Figure
Download or Read eBook Making the Grand Figure PDF written by Toby Christopher Barnard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Toby Christopher Barnard |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 534 |
| Release | : 2004-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0300103093 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780300103090 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Making the Grand Figure by : Toby Christopher Barnard
Book excerpt: "Through such everyday articles as linen shirts, wigs, silver teaspoons, pottery plates and engravings, Barnard evokes a striking variety of lives and attitudes. Possessions, he shows, even horses and dogs, highlighted and widened divisions, not only between rich and poor, women and men, but also between Irish Catholics and the Protestant settlers. Displaying fresh evidence and unexpected perspectives, the book throws new light on Ireland during a formative period. Its discoveries, set within the context of the 'consumer revolution' gripping Europe and North America, allow Ireland for the first time to be integrated into discussions of the pleasures and pains of consumerism."--BOOK JACKET.
