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The consumer society
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- ISBN: 1559634855 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9781559634854 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 1559634863 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781559634861 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1417539372 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781417539376 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781597267908 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1597267902 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (xxxviii, 385 p.) : ill. - Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1997.
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| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.19 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Authors of original articles -- Foreword / John Kenneth Galbraith -- Acknowledgments -- Volume introduction / Neva R. Goodwin -- pt. 1. Scope and definition -- Overview essay / Neva R. Goodwin-- Asking how much is enough / Alan Durning -- Consumption, well-being, and virtue / David A. Crocker -- The original affluent society / Marshall Sahlins -- The limits to satisfaction : examination / William Leiss -- Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all? / Richard Easterlin -- The expansion of consumption / Allan Schnaiberg -- New analytic bases for an economic critique of Consumer Society / Juliet Schor -- Consumption : the new wave of research in the humanities and social sciences / Colin Campbell -- pt. 2. Consumption in the affluent society -- Overview essay / David Kiron -- Traumas of time and money in prosperity and depression/ Gary Cross -- The insidious cycle of work and spend / Juliet Schor -- Work, consumption, and the joyless consumer / Raymond Benton, Jr. -- The study of consumption, object domains, ideology, and interests ; Toward a theory of consumption / Daniel Miller -- Notes on the relationship between production and consumption / Alan Warde -- The political economy of opulence / Harry G. Johnson -- The increasing scarcity of time / Staffan B. Linder -- Social limits to growth : the commercialization bias / Fred Hirsch -- Changing consumption patterns : the transformation of Orange County since World War II / Alladi Venkatesh. |
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- Choice Reviews : Choice Reviews 1997 May
The second volume in the "Frontier Issues in Economic Thought" series, The Consumer Society contains many of the most influential articles in the field of consumer behavior and lifestyles. The collection is presented in a reader friendly manner: it provides summaries of the original articles instead of the full-length version. Although the articles can be read in sequential fashion, the true value of this collection is its usefulness as a reference on topics related to consumer behavior. Topics covered are wide ranging, as reflected by section headings, e.g., "Consumption and the Affluent Society," "Family, Gender and Socialization," "The History of Consumer Society," "Foundations of Economic Theories of Consumption," "Globalization and Consumer Culture," and "Perpetuating Consumer Culture: Media, Advertising, and Wants Creation." The book is enhanced by eminent economist John Kenneth Galbraith's foreword which integrates the various sections of the work. A great addition to any undergraduate or graduate library collection. Copyright 1999 American Library Association
