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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. This 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 Ways Their Research Enhances Knowledge Of A Broad Range Of Historical Topics, Such As Politics, Labor Ideology, Immigrant Life, And Race, Gender, And Class Relations.--jacket. Introduction : Born To Shop? Consumer History And American History / Lawrence B. Glickman -- Consumer / Raymond Williams -- Consuming Goods And The Good Of Consuming / Colin Campbell -- Consumer Society / Jean Baudrillard -- What Is An Economy For? / James Fallows -- An Environmentalist's Perspective On Consumer Society / Alan Durning -- The First Consumer Revolution / James Axtell -- Narrative Of Commercial Life : Consumption, Ideology, And Community On T

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Author

edited, with an introduction and bibliographic essay, by Lawrence B. Glickman

Publisher

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801484865

Category

business

Subjects

Economics, History, Anthropology

Rating

4.2 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14