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12%OFFLawrence B. Glickman (Ed.) - Consumer Society in American History: A Reader - 9780801484865 - V9780801484865
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Consumer Society in American History: A Reader

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Description for Consumer Society in American History: A Reader Paperback. Editor(s): Glickman, Lawrence B. Num Pages: 432 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTB; JFFT; JHM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.

Consumption has often been called America's true national pastime. From the earliest European explorers trading with Native Americans to today's Internet shoppers, consumerism has driven American society. Until recent years, however, consumerism has received little serious attention from historians and other scholars.

This welcome volume offers the most comprehensive and incisive exploration of American consumer history to date. The first book on this topic to span the four centuries from the colonial era to the present, and the first to propose theoretical frameworks, the volume brings consumer society to the center of American history. Indeed, its authors demonstrate the many ... Read more

With contributions by Raymond Williams, Jean Baudrillard, Juliet B. Schor, Kim Moody, Jean-Christophe Agnew, and many others, plus the most comprehensive bibliographical essay ever produced on the historiography of American consumption, Consumer Society in American History will take its place as the definitive sourcebook for this emerging field.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
627g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801484865
SKU
V9780801484865
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99-1

About Lawrence B. Glickman (Ed.)
Lawrence B. Glickman is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and the author of A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society, also from Cornell.

Reviews for Consumer Society in American History: A Reader
The anthology presents a highly engaging sample of divergent viewpoints.... The strengths of the anthology are in the analytical breadth of its essays..
History: Reviews of New Books
The book mixes the agenda-setting works of established historians and cultural critics... with case studies provided by younger scholars... and historians not usually associated with works on consumption... as well ... Read more

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