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Lilja, Kristina,Docent,1968-Uppsala universitet,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
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Inadequate supply and increasing demand for textiles and clothing : second-hand trade at auctions as an alternative source of consumer goods in Sweden, 1830–1900
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2019-05-29
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John Wiley & Sons,2020
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-384179
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384179URI
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12879DOI
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-178796URI
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Language:English
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Drawing on a study of historical national accounts and statistics, this article shows that a growing supply of mass-consumption textiles and clothing in Sweden during industrialization did not fully meet increasing demand. As a result, high demand for second-hand items remained even at the turn of the twentieth century. Records from a local auction house from 1830 to 1900 show that, even in the 1880s, more affluent urban consumers were still active on the second-hand market. Thereafter, they turned to the market for new goods, while potential demand from labourers and servants continued to be provided for by the second-hand market. Mechanization meant that more items entered this market. It changed the range and quality of objects available, consequently affecting the attractiveness of second-hand textiles and clothing. After the 1870s, falling and converging prices can be discerned, while more durable fabrics largely retained their value. We conclude that the consumer revolution (in a broader sense) had by this stage gained a foothold among ordinary Swedish urban households. The auction trade was part of a democratization of consumption. The general lesson is that understanding mass consumption requires research not only into second-hand consumption, but also into different regional settings.
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Jonsson, PernillaStockholms universitet,Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer(Swepub:su)pejon
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Uppsala universitetEkonomisk-historiska institutionen
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In:Economic history review: John Wiley & Sons73:1, s. 78-1050013-01171468-0289
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