HIS244H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Enlightened Absolutism, Scientific Method, Education Reform
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emulation of the upper members of society is really what brought about the consumer revolution. many started to acquire goods more easily and changed their beliefs about material. There was also a change in infrastructure: more roads, posts, houses greater wealth produced by europeans. Tradition: don"t need to buy more than you needed to live comfortably. new: buy as much as you can because you"re able to and because it"s there. after the 1650s people were increasingly able to buy necessities that previously only the elite would have been able to enjoy: mattresses, clothing, linen. There was a general dislike from the side of the elites that the poor shouldn"t have what they did. consumption as a liberating experience: it was a choice and everyone in society was now making choices about what they would consume. Luxury was no necessity and therefore society changed quickly www. notesolution. com.
