In the long eighteenth century, new consumer aspirations combined with a new Industrious behavior to fundamentally alter the material cultures of northwest Europe and North America.
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This study explores the intellectual understanding of the new importance of consumer goods as well as the actual consumer behavior of households of all income levels.
This "Industrious revolution" is the context in which the economic acceleration associated with the Industrial Revolution took shape.
In the long eighteenth century, new consumer aspirations combined with a new Industrious behavior to fundamentally alter the material cultures of northwest Europe and North America