Expressing America : a Critique of the Global Credit Card Society.

This innovative text focuses on an American icon, central to United States culture, that is rapidly becoming a global expression of prosperity - the credit card. George Ritzer explains what the credit card tells us, both good and bad, about the essence of the modern US and why and how the credit car...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ritzer, Dr. George F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1995.
Temas:
Credit cards > Social aspects > United States.
Credit cards > Social aspects.
Consumer credit > United States.
Cartes de crédit > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Cartes de crédit > Aspect social.
Crédit à la consommation > États-Unis.
Consumer credit
Credit cards > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1
  • The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2
  • Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3
  • Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4
  • Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5
  • Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6
  • Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call.
  • Chapter 7
  • An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the WorldAppendix; Endnotes; Index.

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