Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries
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Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Catalogue of Books Concerning the Greek and Latin Classics in the Central Public Libraries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries
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Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The English Catalogue of Books: v. [1]. 1835-1863
Author: Sampson Low
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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2000-2999, Language and literature
Author: Princeton University. Library
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Publisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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The English Catalogue of Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson Low
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 874
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
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A Treatise on Chemistry
Author: Henry Enfield Roscoe
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Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The Academy
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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On Luxury
Author: William Howard Adams
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1612344178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Diamond-encrusted, alligator-skin handbags. Eighteen-course feasts. Yachts the length of city blocks. In the twenty-first century, many point to such conspicuous consumption as reflecting the moral failings of a rampant capitalism that sacrifices community values on an altar of greed. Television shows such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians illustrate the folly of wealth without responsibility even as they elevate their subjects on pedestals of desire. Our discomfort with extravagance is not new. The ancient Greeks and Romans fretted over the ideal relationship between morality and luxury. Politics, religion, and economics influenced the debate, with the concept of luxury as a moral question becoming a core issue in Christian theology and even a cornerstone of the founding of America. People have long feared luxury's evil influence. Society has publicly and privately extolled the virtues of moderation and restraint, and condemned luxury as a breeding ground for vice and sin. After capitalism and the consumer revolution removed its stigma, the concept of luxury underwent a radical transformation, from a vice to be feared to a marketing tool of the new capitalist era. In this lively and thought-provoking narrative, William Howard Adams shows how this simultaneous distrust and embrace of luxury has pervaded Western thought for three millennia, leading us to the question, what price the soul?
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1612344178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Diamond-encrusted, alligator-skin handbags. Eighteen-course feasts. Yachts the length of city blocks. In the twenty-first century, many point to such conspicuous consumption as reflecting the moral failings of a rampant capitalism that sacrifices community values on an altar of greed. Television shows such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians illustrate the folly of wealth without responsibility even as they elevate their subjects on pedestals of desire. Our discomfort with extravagance is not new. The ancient Greeks and Romans fretted over the ideal relationship between morality and luxury. Politics, religion, and economics influenced the debate, with the concept of luxury as a moral question becoming a core issue in Christian theology and even a cornerstone of the founding of America. People have long feared luxury's evil influence. Society has publicly and privately extolled the virtues of moderation and restraint, and condemned luxury as a breeding ground for vice and sin. After capitalism and the consumer revolution removed its stigma, the concept of luxury underwent a radical transformation, from a vice to be feared to a marketing tool of the new capitalist era. In this lively and thought-provoking narrative, William Howard Adams shows how this simultaneous distrust and embrace of luxury has pervaded Western thought for three millennia, leading us to the question, what price the soul?