Overview
- Adds to the current research on nineteenth century consumerism by investigating a particular elite masculine culture
- Appeals to scholars and researchers across a range of fields in social and economic history including consumption, retailing, masculinity, elites, cultural studies, and male dress
- Offers insight into the local history of Oxford and the University
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores students’ consumer practices and material desires in nineteenth-century Oxford. Consumerism surged among undergraduates in the 1830s and decreased by contrast from the 1860s as students learned to practice restraint and make wiser choices, putting a brake on past excessive consumption habits. This study concentrates on the minority of debtors, the daily lives of undergraduates, and their social and economic environment. It scrutinises the variety of goods that were on offer, paying special attention to their social and symbolic uses and meanings. Through emulation and self-display, undergraduate culture impacted the formation of male identities and spending habits. Using Oxford students as a case study, this book opens new pathways in the history of consumption and capitalism, revealing how youth consumer culture intertwined with the rise of competition among tradesmen and university reforms in the 1850s and 1860s.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sabine Chaouche is Professor of Cultural History and Associate Dean at Sunway University, Malaysia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Student Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-Century Oxford
Authors: Sabine Chaouche
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46387-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46386-1Published: 01 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46389-2Published: 01 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46387-8Published: 01 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 318
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Early Modern Europe, Cultural History, Economic History