Re: Mark Lilla & Brad Gregory & de Vries’s _The Industrious Revolution_

[Paul Mackin]

The growing desire for consumer goods (from I believe the 16th Century on),
which is deVries' subject, is for Gregory a kind substitute for and refuge
from the religious wars that followed the Reformation. Gregory speaks of
the colonization of the masses by capitalism and consumerism.

I wish I had the energy to actually read Gregory's book, even through he
keeps bringing the Almighty into things, which makes the enterprise sound
kind of unscientific, or something.

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 6:57 AM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gregory cites de Vries.
>
> Anyone read de Vries's book?
> http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/
> regional-history-after-1500/industrious-revolution-consumer-behavior-and-
> household-economy-1650-present?format=PB
>
> McCloskey, Mokyr, Muldrew, Allen?
>
> As Amazon floats a flying warehouse (
> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38458867 )....
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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