Gender and Luxury in the Urban Economy (1700-1914): a European perspective
Keywords: Gender, Luxury, European Town, Consumption, RetailSection: Main sessionLeading question: The role of the town as a crucial place for material and cultural circulations and for competition and emulation, relating this to the longue durée.Key issues and scientific relevance: The themes of consumer culture and of luxury are now well-worked, but most of the studies on these topics concentrate on England – as a laboratory of new practices and as the cradle of the consumer society – and to a certain extent on France (luxury debates). The gender aspect is generally developed...