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The industrious revolution : consumer behavior and the household economy, 1650 to the present / Jan de Vries. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xii, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-313) and index.

The transformation of consumer desire in the long eighteenth century -- The origins of the industrious revolution -- The industrious revolution : the supply of labor -- The industrious revolution : consumer demand -- The breadwinner-homemaker household -- A second industrious revolution?

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Consumption (Economics)--History.
Consumers--History.

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