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AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionCH APTER ONE: CONSUMPTION AND CULTUREChanges in Consumption Patterns in Early Modern EuropeCulture and the Contexts of ConsumptionCultural ContextsComponents of Cultural ContextsMeaning in Cultural ContextsChanges in Cultural ContextsCHAPTER TWO: GENTILITYSamuel Pepys, GentlemanModes of GentilitySilks and CalicosUnderclothingCHAPTER THREE: LUXURY The Context of Luxury in Early Modern EuropeTasteComfort and ConvenienceSpices of LifeSugarThe Contexts of Condiment ConsumptionCHAPTER FOUR: VIRTUEDr. Blankaart's Prescription for Healthy LivingThe Discourse of VirtueBourgeois VirtueTea, Coffee and SugarCleanlinessCHAPTER FIVE: RATIONAL MASCULINITY CoffeehousesCoffee and the Context of Rational MasculinityTobaccoCHAPTER SIX: DOMESTIC FEMININITYTea and SympathyFemininity, Domesticity and Separate Spheres CivilizationDomesticity and ConsumptionBreakfastCHAPTER SEVEN: RESPECTABILITY Modern TimesRespectability, Social Structure and Individual StatusRespectable FamiliesRespectability, Institutions and ProfessionsCHAPTER EIGHT: CONCLUSIONGentility, Luxury and VirtueMakers of RespectabilityRational Masculinity and Domestic FemininityImplications and Further QuestionsTablesBibliography