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Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 by Susan J Matt, (Susan Jipson), 1967- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 about?

"How the Tenth Commandment (that's the one about coveting) became extinct is a tale of how the emotional style of this country mutated within the golden years of the nascent consumer economy, which Susan J. Matt . . . defines as the period between 1890 and 1930. She explains that we couldn't be a nation of consumers until we were given public license to envy."—__New York Times__ "How the Tenth Commandment (that's the one about coveting) became extinct is a tale of how the emotional style of this country mutated within the golden years of the nascent consumer economy, which Susan J. Matt . . . defines as the period between 1890 and 1930. She explains that we couldn't be a nation of consumers until we were given public license to envy."—__New York Times__

Who reads Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930?

Author

Susan J Matt, (Susan Jipson), 1967-

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812236866

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Fiction

Updated

2026-03-24