Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Meanings Of Material London
6. Introduction 17
7. 2. London's Dominion: The Metropolis, The Market Economy, And The State 20
8. 3. Material London In Time And Space 55
9. 4. Poetaster, The Author, And The Perils Of Cultural Production 75
10. Part II. Consumer Culture : Domesticating Foreign Fashion
11. Introduction 93
12. 5. England's Provinces: Did They Serve Or Drive Material London? 97
13. 6. Fantastical Colors In Foggy London: The New Fashion Potential Of The .Latesixteenth Century 109
14. 7. "Rugges Oflondon And The Diuell's Band": Irish Mantles And Yellow Starch As Hybrid London Fashion 128
15. 8. Women, Foreigners, And The Regulation Ofurban Space In Westwardho 150
16. Part III. Subjects Of The City
17. Introduction 171
18. 9. Material Londoners? 174
19. 10. Purgation as the Allure of Mastery: Early Modern Medicine And The Technology Ofthe Self 193
20. II. London's Vagrant Economy: Making Space For "Low" Subjectivity 206
21. Part IV. Diversions And Display
22. Introduction 229
23. 12. Inside/Out Women, Domesticity, and the Pleasures of the City 232
24. 13. The Authority oft he Globe and the Fortune 251
25. 14. Building, Buying, and Collecting in London, 1600-1625 268
26. Part V. Building the City
27. Introduction 293
28. 15. The Topography and Buildings of London, ca. 1600 296
29. 16. John Day and the Bookshop That Never Was 322
30. 17. Boundary·Disputes in Early Modern London 345
31. Contributors 377
32. Acknowledgments 381
33. Index 383