il Contents 
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Water and its uses 
The pressure on water 
The utility and sacredness of water 
The production of water 
Natural and social constraints 
Clean and dirty, wholesome and unwholesome 
Furniture and objects 
The demands of usage 
The space of a matenal art 
Production and consumption of furniture 
Return to function, utility and change 
Storing, classifying, receiving 
Clothing and appearances 
Words and things in the history of clothing 
Hierarchy, fashion, totality 
Codes and principles, manners and sumptuary laws 
Towns and prosperity, a first change 
From Paris to the provinces, the change in the eighteenth century 
Bread, wine, taste 
Need, labour, symbol 
Consumption, food products and expenditure on them 
Bread and wine, from Holy Communion to good manners 
New knowledge, new consumer goods 
Conclusion 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 
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138 
141 
183 
157 
166 
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177 
181 
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286 
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