Author: Rachel Sherman
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: luxury, hotels, inequality, service, acts, class
Number of Pages: 373
Published: 2007-01-17
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520247825
ISBN-13: 9780520247826

In this lively study, Rachel Sherman goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a nuanced picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited personal attention. Drawing on in-depth interviews and extended ethnographic research in a range of hotel jobs, including concierge, bellperson, and housekeeper, Sherman gives an insightful analysis of what exactly luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. She finds that workers employ a variety of practice

Author: Andrew Alpern
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: illustrated, history, manhattan, houses, apartment, luxury
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1993-04-06
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0486273709
ISBN-13: 9780486273709

Handsome, superbly illustrated volume provides detailed mini-histories of some of New York’s most luxurious lodgings: the stately Gramercy, the fashionably flamboyant Ansonia, the dramatic Hotel des Artistes, Joseph Pulitzer’s palatial residence, magnificent Park Avenue apartments and many others. 175 illustrations—many from rare and private sources—depict both interiors and exteriors. Introduction. Index.

Author: A. Alfred Taubman
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Keywords: retailing, pioneer, luxury, career, resistance, extraordinary, threshold
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0061235377
ISBN-13: 9780061235375

In this candid memoir, A. Alfred Taubman explains how a dyslexic Jewish kid from Detroit grew up to be a billionaire retailing pioneer, an intimate of European aristocrats and Palm Beach socialites, a respected philanthropist and, at age 78, a federal prisoner. With a unique blend of humor and genius, Taubman shows how selling fine art and antiques really isn’t that different from marketing root beer or football, and offers penetrating insights into that quintessential palace of commerce, the luxury shopping mall. Alfred Taubman may not have invented the modern shopping center but, in

Author: Christopher J. Berry
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: ideas, context, investigation, historical, luxury, conceptual, idea
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1994-06-24
List price: $32.99
ISBN-10: 0521466911
ISBN-13: 9780521466912

In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilized in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is complemented by a series of specific historical investigations. Dr. Berry suggests that the value attached to luxury is a crucial component in any society’s self-understanding, and shows how luxury has changed from being essentially a negative term, threatening social virtue, to a guileless ploy supporting consumption.Book DescriptionSuggesti

Authors:Michel Chevalier, Gerald Mazzalovo,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: privilege, world, management, brand, luxury
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2008-03-31
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0470823267
ISBN-13: 9780470823262

A fascinating and comprehensive examination of the different dimensions of luxury management in various sectors. This is a powerful book for marketers, advertisers and brand managers in understanding the intricacies of the luxury market- how it is designed, defined and divined. Written by the authors of Pro-Logo, this book sets the benchmark for luxury brand management.

Author: Annie B. Co
Publisher: The History Pre
Keywords: economy, luxury, home, methods, latest, england, cook, book, new
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-12-31
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1596294000
ISBN-13: 9781596294004

Both an entertaining collection of recipes (which quickly become stories in themselves) and a fascinating slice of life from a century ago. Egg yolks are yelks, there are not one, but two mock turtle recipes that require the scalding and cleaning of a calf’s head (don’t ask about the tongue) and everything is cooked over fire- live, wood-burning fire. from the foreword by Annie B. Copps, Senior Food Editor, Yankee magazine

Authors:Michel Chevalier, Pierre Xiao Lu,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: potential, opportunities, market, china, luxury
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2009-11-23
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0470823410
ISBN-13: 9780470823415

A guide to reaching and profiting from China’s expanding luxury consumer class China’s growing consumer base and expanding economy means more disposable income for more Chinese citizens. The Chinese market for luxury goods is expected to expand from $2 billion this year to nearly $12 billion by 2015. Today’s biggest global luxury goods retailers expect China to make up a large and ever growing portion of their customers, and those businesses are responding with new stores and investments in China. Luxury China gives readers–particularly professionals in advertising,