Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century
This paper proposes a comparative study of social mobility between peasant and commercial societies in two distinct rural areas of Europe, namely the Low Countries and Piedmont. The paper focuses on changing consumption patterns under the frame of the premodern consumer revolution to identify what k...
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| author | Concina, Alberto De Keyzer, Maïka Peeters, Jan |
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| description | This paper proposes a comparative study of social mobility between peasant and commercial societies in two distinct rural areas of Europe, namely the Low Countries and Piedmont. The paper focuses on changing consumption patterns under the frame of the premodern consumer revolution to identify what kind of society was more mobile. The adoption of new facets of consumption especially in the form of novel luxuries and colonial products has long been identified as an effort from households to adopt more refined lifestyles thus improving their prestige and status relative to the rest of society. It will be shown that while commercial societies appeared better at promoting the circulation of prestigious goods across social groups, the phenomenon remained highly elitist. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1636422025-08-02T05:20:12Z Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century Concina, Alberto De Keyzer, Maïka Peeters, Jan Inequality Material wealth Consumption Peasant societies Market societies This paper proposes a comparative study of social mobility between peasant and commercial societies in two distinct rural areas of Europe, namely the Low Countries and Piedmont. The paper focuses on changing consumption patterns under the frame of the premodern consumer revolution to identify what kind of society was more mobile. The adoption of new facets of consumption especially in the form of novel luxuries and colonial products has long been identified as an effort from households to adopt more refined lifestyles thus improving their prestige and status relative to the rest of society. It will be shown that while commercial societies appeared better at promoting the circulation of prestigious goods across social groups, the phenomenon remained highly elitist. 2025-08-02T05:20:11Z 2025-08-02T05:20:11Z 2025-08-01T15:44:39Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221506679_60 2975-1195 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104610 9791221506679 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163642 eng Datini Studies in Economic History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104610/1/44505.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.15 10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.15 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221506679 21 Florence open access |
| spellingShingle | Inequality Material wealth Consumption Peasant societies Market societies Concina, Alberto De Keyzer, Maïka Peeters, Jan Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| title | Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| title_full | Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| title_fullStr | Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| title_short | Chapter Economic growth and prosperity: two sides of the same coin? A comparison of the countryside of Antwerp and Piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| title_sort | chapter economic growth and prosperity two sides of the same coin a comparison of the countryside of antwerp and piedmont in the long eighteenth century |
| topic | Inequality Material wealth Consumption Peasant societies Market societies |
| topic_facet | Inequality Material wealth Consumption Peasant societies Market societies |
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