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Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life
Harold Wilhite
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Description for Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life
Hardback. Harold Wilhite makes an important new contribution to the interpretation of changing consumption in India, using an ethnographic approach to interrogate the rapid growth in the consumption of household durables, beauty and cleanliness products, exploring how the engagement of local practices with the globalizing economy result in change. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Harold Wilhite makes an important new contribution to the interpretation of changing consumption in India, using an ethnographic approach to interrogate the rapid growth in the consumption of household durables, beauty and cleanliness products, exploring how the engagement of local practices with the globalizing economy result in change.
Harold Wilhite makes an important new contribution to the interpretation of changing consumption in India, using an ethnographic approach to interrogate the rapid growth in the consumption of household durables, beauty and cleanliness products, exploring how the engagement of local practices with the globalizing economy result in change.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Series
Consumption and Public Life
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230542549
SKU
V9780230542549
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Harold Wilhite
Harold Wilhite is Associate Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Development and Environment, Norway. He has carried out anthropological research in several regions of the World, including the USA, Norway, Japan and India. He has published on consumption, development and sustainable energy use.
Reviews for Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life
'Critical to the future of the planet is a better understanding of how populations, which are just entering the world of mass consumption, make changes that radically effect energy use and the environment. This book fully achieves this goal by focusing upon changes in the social conventions of everyday life, their causes and their consequences. The book shines a light ... Read more