Michael North is Professor of Modern History at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Germany

’How a book can be both compendious and richly detailed remains mysterious, but Michael North’s new survey of consumer culture in eighteenth-century Germany admirably accomplishes the feat. It is not a long book, even allowing for the dense layout, but it includes a wealth of information and ideas. A smooth and clear translation ... it should be accepted as a stimulating contribution to such debates and not just as a work of synthesis.’ English Historical Review ’With a series of brief investigations of an array of objects like books, residential furnishings, and hot beverages, North argues convincingly that Germany participated in the dramatic surge in consumption more typically associated with cultural capitals like London and Paris. ... North begins the important process of exploring European consumption outside more familiar metropolitan areas... will likely inspire additional scholarship in this area. ... Recommended.’ Choice ’As a synthesis of secondary scholarship that is also grounded in primary research, North’s study provides a much-needed German counterpart to Brewer’s work on eighteenth-century England and that of Daniel Roche on the French Old Regime. The writing is crisp, the exposition lucid, the pace brisk. These qualities, which speak both to North’s skills as a writer and to Pamela Selwyn’s fluid and felicitous translation, make for a volume that will be read with pleasure by scholars and students alike.’ German History ’... anyone interested in the commercial potential of creativity, or in eighteenth-century German material culture, will find this volume both broad in scope and helpful in mapping out the scale of change.’ Enlightenment and Dissent

• Contents: Foreword; Introduction: the 18th century - an age of cultural consumption; Books and reading; Travel and the culture of travel; Fashion and luxury; The culture of domestic interiors; Gardens and country houses; Art and taste; Musical culture; Theatre and opera; The new stimulants and sociability; Conclusion: cultural consumption and identity; Notes; Select bibliography and archival sources; Index.

Michael North is Professor of Modern History at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Germany

’How a book can be both compendious and richly detailed remains mysterious, but Michael North’s new survey of consumer culture in eighteenth-century Germany admirably accomplishes the feat. It is not a long book, even allowing for the dense layout, but it includes a wealth of information and ideas. A smooth and clear translation ... it should be accepted as a stimulating contribution to such debates and not just as a work of synthesis.’ English Historical Review ’With a series of brief investigations of an array of objects like books, residential furnishings, and hot beverages, North argues convincingly that Germany participated in the dramatic surge in consumption more typically associated with cultural capitals like London and Paris. ... North begins the important process of exploring European consumption outside more familiar metropolitan areas... will likely inspire additional scholarship in this area. ... Recommended.’ Choice ’As a synthesis of secondary scholarship that is also grounded in primary research, North’s study provides a much-needed German counterpart to Brewer’s work on eighteenth-century England and that of Daniel Roche on the French Old Regime. The writing is crisp, the exposition lucid, the pace brisk. These qualities, which speak both to North’s skills as a writer and to Pamela Selwyn’s fluid and felicitous translation, make for a volume that will be read with pleasure by scholars and students alike.’ German History ’... anyone interested in the commercial potential of creativity, or in eighteenth-century German material culture, will find this volume both broad in scope and helpful in mapping out the scale of change.’ Enlightenment and Dissent

• Contents: Foreword; Introduction: the 18th century - an age of cultural consumption; Books and reading; Travel and the culture of travel; Fashion and luxury; The culture of domestic interiors; Gardens and country houses; Art and taste; Musical culture; Theatre and opera; The new stimulants and sociability; Conclusion: cultural consumption and identity; Notes; Select bibliography and archival sources; Index.

Michael North is Professor of Modern History at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Germany

’How a book can be both compendious and richly detailed remains mysterious, but Michael North’s new survey of consumer culture in eighteenth-century Germany admirably accomplishes the feat. It is not a long book, even allowing for the dense layout, but it includes a wealth of information and ideas. A smooth and clear translation ... it should be accepted as a stimulating contribution to such debates and not just as a work of synthesis.’ English Historical Review ’With a series of brief investigations of an array of objects like books, residential furnishings, and hot beverages, North argues convincingly that Germany participated in the dramatic surge in consumption more typically associated with cultural capitals like London and Paris. ... North begins the important process of exploring European consumption outside more familiar metropolitan areas... will likely inspire additional scholarship in this area. ... Recommended.’ Choice ’As a synthesis of secondary scholarship that is also grounded in primary research, North’s study provides a much-needed German counterpart to Brewer’s work on eighteenth-century England and that of Daniel Roche on the French Old Regime. The writing is crisp, the exposition lucid, the pace brisk. These qualities, which speak both to North’s skills as a writer and to Pamela Selwyn’s fluid and felicitous translation, make for a volume that will be read with pleasure by scholars and students alike.’ German History ’... anyone interested in the commercial potential of creativity, or in eighteenth-century German material culture, will find this volume both broad in scope and helpful in mapping out the scale of change.’ Enlightenment and Dissent

• Contents: Foreword; Introduction: the 18th century - an age of cultural consumption; Books and reading; Travel and the culture of travel; Fashion and luxury; The culture of domestic interiors; Gardens and country houses; Art and taste; Musical culture; Theatre and opera; The new stimulants and sociability; Conclusion: cultural consumption and identity; Notes; Select bibliography and archival sources; Index.