William Howard Adams

On Luxury

A Cautionary Tale: A Short History of the Perils of Excess from Ancient Times to the Beginning of the Modern Era

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Produktbeschreibung

Snakeskin handbags. Eighteen-course feasts. Yachts the size of cities. In the twenty-first century, many point to such conspicuous consumption as reflecting the moral failings of a rampant capitalism that sacrifices community values on an altar of greed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781612344171
• ISBN-10: 1612344178
• Artikelnr.: 36875620

Autorenporträt

William Howard Adams, an independent scholar, lives and writes at his farm in the Shenandoah Valley in West Virginia. His books include Nature Perfected: Gardens through History, The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson  and Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life. He was curator of the National Gallery of Art’s landmark exhibition "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson" and the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition "Roberto Burle Marx: The Unnatural Art of the Garden."