The Birth of a Consumer Society - The Commercialization of Eighteenth- Century England. Neil McKendrick, John Brewer and J.H. Plumb. 1985. Indiana University Press. 345 pages. Index. ISBN: 0-253-20358-9. Soft cover $12.95

Key themes: Fashion............................................................................................ Consumerism................................................................................ Luxury.................................................................................................... ‘Capitalism’.........................................................................................