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Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Luxurious Citizens traces the ways in which Americans tied consumer desire to the national interest between 1789 and 1865 and reveals how the nation transformed individual desires for goods into an index of civic worth, placing unbridled consumption at the heart of their modern political economy.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth analysis of the influence of fans, which the author terms "society's alpha customers," on modern life and culture, offers insight into the psychology and history of fandom while exploring how new digital tools are enabling convergences between brand owners and their consumers.
126) The merchants' war
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
A group of rebels on Venus reject the control of the powerful advertising agencies and strive to prevent becoming warped by consumerism.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"'In The Things We Love,' Dr. Aaron Ahuvia presents astonishing discoveries that prove we are far less 'rational' than we think when it comes to our possessions and hobbies. In fact, we have passionate relationships with the things we love, and these relationships are driven by influences deep within our culture and our biology. Some of our passions are sudden, obsessive, and fleeting; others are devoted and lifelong affairs. Some turn dark: we become...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An ethical response to climate change has to address the mass consumerist society in which we live. But the cult of endless growth and our insatiable demand for cheap disposable goods are not only destroying the future; they are degrading our lives in the present. How do we redirect our energies to discover a better way of life and escape the catastrophe bearing down upon us with gathering speed? It is a question given new impetus by the global pandemic,...
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Describes the business behind fashion, covering the supply chain, the conditions of workers around the world, who makes money on the final product, and what environmental impacts fashion purchases have on the planet." --
139) State of the world, 2004: a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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