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Capitalism's Eye gives a cultural history of how people experienced commodities in the era of industrial expansion, it promises to transform how we understand both the cultural history of capitalism in America and Europe.



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1. The Kohinoor Diamond 2. The Civil Inattention of the Object: The Making of the Late-Nineteenth Century Surrounding 3. The Society of Surroundings: Museum, Exhibition, and Shop 4. Kitsch and Clutter: Inhabiting Dream Interiors 5. Borderlands: Scent, Color, and the Middle Class Garden 6. Conservation Surroundings: Spaces of Suspended Time 7. The Japonisation of the Commodity: Lacquer, Surface, and Spectacle 8. Revealed Construction and Aesthetic Subjectivity 9. Conclusion

Capitalisms Eye Cultural Spaces of the Commodity

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
      Publication Date: 8/20/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415933414, 978-0415933414
      ISBN10: 0415933412
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Capitalism's Eye gives a cultural history of how people experienced commodities in the era of industrial expansion, it promises to transform how we understand both the cultural history of capitalism in America and Europe.



      Table of Contents

      1. The Kohinoor Diamond 2. The Civil Inattention of the Object: The Making of the Late-Nineteenth Century Surrounding 3. The Society of Surroundings: Museum, Exhibition, and Shop 4. Kitsch and Clutter: Inhabiting Dream Interiors 5. Borderlands: Scent, Color, and the Middle Class Garden 6. Conservation Surroundings: Spaces of Suspended Time 7. The Japonisation of the Commodity: Lacquer, Surface, and Spectacle 8. Revealed Construction and Aesthetic Subjectivity 9. Conclusion

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