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Auteur(s) : Chaouche, Sabine (1973-....)
Titre(s) : Student consumer culture in nineteenth-century Oxford [Texte imprimé] / Sabine Chaouche
Publication : Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-318 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Note(s) : 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, the
habits of undergraduate students 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.
Sujet(s) : Étudiants -- Conditions sociales -- Oxford (GB) -- 19e siècle
Comportement des consommateurs -- Oxford (GB) -- 19e siècle
Consommateurs masculins -- Oxford (GB) -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
658.834 20941 (23e éd.) = Comportement des consommateurs - Iles Britanniques ; 941.081 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Îles britanniques - 1837-1901
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 3030463877 (erroné). - ISBN 9783030463878 (erroné). - ISBN 3030463869 (erroné).
- ISBN 9783030463861
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46828733x
Notice n° :
FRBNF46828733
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Table des matières : Intro ; Acknowledgements ; Contents ; About the Author ; List of Abbreviations
; Note ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; History
of Consumption and Male Consumer Culture ; Gender and Consumption ; Material Desires
and Consumer Practices ; Fashion and Consumer Culture Engagement ; Consumerist Behaviour
and Financial Struggles ; Primary Sources ; Structure and Contents ; Chapter 2:
College Life and the Local Economy ; The Student Body ; College Organisation and
Education Costs ; University Reforms ; A Vast Array of Suppliers and Goods
Conclusion ; Chapter 3: Male Consumption and Students' Tastes ; Power Dressing
; Furnishing and Decorations ; Manly Pastimes and Hobbies ; Hygiene and Accessories
; Conclusion ; Chapter 4: Undergraduate Culture and Male Consumer Behaviour ; Living
Fast ; Jockeying for Position ; Projecting Status ; Conclusion ; Chapter 5: The
Formation of Spending Habits ; The Way to Custom ; Taking Advantage of Custom ;
Attempts to Regulate Students' Spending Habits ; Conclusion ; Chapter 6: Consumer
Credit Traps and Student Consumerism ; From Crisis Credit to Consumer Credit
From Debt of Convenience to Insolvency ; Evaluating Creditworthiness ; Students'
Payments ; Credit Traps and Financial Struggles ; The Slippages of the Credit System
; The Impact of Long-Term Credit on Prices ; Conclusion ; Chapter 7: Excessive Consumption
and Insolvency ; Prosecuting Debtors ; The Chancellor's Court and Its Regulations
; Evidence of Excess in Student Consumption ; Student Debt in Context ; Student
Debt and Its Impact on Trade ; Necessaries and Luxuries in Excessive Consumption
Cases ; Conclusion ; Chapter 8: An Emerging Anti-Consumerist Culture?
Students' Battles Against Abuses ; The Emergence of a New Student Consumer? ; Joining
Forces to Put Down the Credit System ; Conclusion ; Chapter 9: Conclusion ; Appendix:
Evolution of Law ; Bibliography ; Manuscripts and Archival Sources ; Ashmolean
Museum ; Bodleian Library ; Ephemera ; Maps ; College Archives ; Brasenose College
; Christ Church ; Oriel College ; St John's College ; University College Archives
; The University of Oxford Archives ; Printed Primary Sources ; Periodicals ; Directories
; Printed Secondary Works ; Unpublished Thesis
