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Auction and Consumer culture in early modern Britain: The analysis of two aspects in auction

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02952
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field History of Europe and America
Research InstitutionRikkyo University (2017-2018)
Senshu University (2015-2016)

Principal Investigator

OHASHI Satomi  立教大学, グローバル・リベラルアーツ・プログラム運営センター, 特任准教授 (40535598)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsオークション / 消費社会 / 経済社会 / 流通 / 近世末ヨーロッパ社会 / 信用 / 公開販売 / 消費文化
Outline of Final Research Achievements

British auctions in the eighteenth century played two roles. First, it revealed people’s understanding of the goods they possessed in their life to others. Advertisements explained the nature of each good, while auctions let people understand the meaning of goods in their lives, shaping culture on the acquisition of goods. The auction also provided contemporary people with the opportunity to repay their debts. As the economy grew, people became economically more active, pursuing different businesses, and indebted, losing their trust in society. At auctions, the debtors sold their possessions and gained money to repay debts; thus, they could retrieve their trust. Auctions were then the place where people learnt the meaning of goods and the importance of possessing goods to maintain social trust and their financial circumstances. Auctions suggest the essential roles of people’s possessions even before the Industrial Revolution.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的意義:近世末ブリテンのオークションの役割(1.消費が形成する生活様式、文化、趣味を社会に伝え、2.消費によって生じた借金の弁済を可能にする)は、品物が、人と社会と密接な関係をもち始めた経済発展期の社会の現実を反映しており、産業革命後の状況を経験していない社会に固有のものであったことを解明した点。
社会的意義:近世に固有の「品物・人・社会」の関係は、量産量販体制によってより多くの品物が存在するようになったことでむしろ、商品の存在価値やその認識を希薄化した近代社会が、人と品物の関係を有効なかたちで維持していくための社会的ヒントを歴史的観点から示した点。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] (シンポジウム報告要旨)18世紀ブリテンの消費社会と「モノ」認識:オークションをてがかりに2019

    • Author(s)
      大橋里見
    • Journal Title

      化学史研究

      Volume: 46

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Consuming Culture in England in the Eighteenth Century and Public Auctions in the Local Community2018

    • Author(s)
      Satomi Ohashi, Shinobu Majima, Hiroki Shin, Yusuke Tanaka, Toshio Kusamitsu, Lawrence Klein, Maxine Berg, et. al.
    • Journal Title

      History of Consumer CUlture: Objects, Desire and Sociability (23-25 March 2017, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Conferrence Proceedings)

      Volume: なし Pages: 80-85

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 「1788年ロンドン・ジェネラル・ホールの設立―ブリテン木綿産業界の 展望と産業利害をめぐる「地域の攻防」」2018

    • Author(s)
      大橋里見
    • Journal Title

      『史苑』

      Volume: 78-1 Pages: 53-76

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Public sales and the local community: an aspect of the consuming culture in England in the 18th century2017

    • Author(s)
      Satomi Ohashi
    • Organizer
      History of Consumer Culture: Objects, Desire and Sociability Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      学習院大学(東京都)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] History of Consumer Culture: Objects, Desire and Sociability2018

    • Author(s)
      田中裕介・新広記・大橋里見・眞嶋史叙
    • Total Pages
      181
    • Publisher
      Forum for History of Consumer Culture
    • ISBN
      9784990820220
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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