TY - JOUR
T1 - Pianos for the People
T2 - From Producer to Consumer in Britain, 1851-1914
AU - Carnevali, Francesca
AU - Newton, Lucy
N1 - Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 February 2015
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - During the second half of the nineteenth century, British society experienced a rise in real incomes and a change in its composition, with the expansion of the middle classes. These two factors led to a consumer revolution, with a growing, but still segmented, demand for household goods that could express status and aspiration. At the same time technological changes and new ways of marketing and selling goods made these goods more affordable. This paper analyzes these themes and the process of mediation that took place between producers, retailers, and consumers, by looking at the most culturally symbolic of nineteenth century consumer goods, the piano.
AB - During the second half of the nineteenth century, British society experienced a rise in real incomes and a change in its composition, with the expansion of the middle classes. These two factors led to a consumer revolution, with a growing, but still segmented, demand for household goods that could express status and aspiration. At the same time technological changes and new ways of marketing and selling goods made these goods more affordable. This paper analyzes these themes and the process of mediation that took place between producers, retailers, and consumers, by looking at the most culturally symbolic of nineteenth century consumer goods, the piano.
U2 - 10.1093/es/khs042
DO - 10.1093/es/khs042
M3 - Article
SN - 1467-2227
VL - 14
SP - 37
EP - 70
JO - Enterprise and Society
JF - Enterprise and Society
IS - 1
ER -