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Why did elite families of the Italian Renaissance invest up to 40 percent of their capital in clothes? In this text, historian Carole Frick traces the beginnings of consumerism to the clothing industry of Renaissance Florence and the elite families who were its principal customers.Frick, Carole Collier is the author of 'Dressing Renaissance Florence Families, Fortunes, & Fine Clothing' with ISBN 9780801869396 and ISBN 0801869390.
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