- Description
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Uniform Title
- On luxury (Online)
- Alternative Title
- On luxury (Online)
- Subject
- Luxury > Moral and ethical aspects > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Word of warning -- The Greeks : less is more -- Rome : the road to ruin -- Fear and loathing : luxury and Christian salvation -- Unintended consequences : indulgence and the Reformation -- Plain living and high thinking : piety and prosperity in the American colonies -- Age of anxiety : luxury and the eighteenth century.
- LCCN
- 2012029360
- OCLC
- ssj0000758346
- Author
Adams, William Howard.
- Title
On luxury [electronic resource] : a cautionary tale : a short history of the perils of excess from ancient times to the beginning of the modern era / William Howard Adams.
- Imprint
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2012.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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