Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: historical centext and theoretical tensions -- Objects of consumption: commodities and mass consumer society -- Subjects of consumption: passive dupes or active agents? -- The places and spaces of consumption -- Food -- Tourism -- Higher education -- Political consumption and the consumer movement -- Credit and debt -- Alternative forms of consumption -- Conclusion: the globalization of mass consumer culture.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"[This book] examines what we buy, how and where we consume, the meanings attached to the things we purchase, and the social forces that enable and constrain consumer behavior."
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Consumer behavior.
Consumers.
Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects-- United States.