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Living It Up : Our Love Affair with Luxury.
Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated. Over the last several years, luxury spending in the United States has been growing four times faster than overall spending. It has been characterized by political leaders as vital to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Over the Top: Americans in the Lap of Luxury; 2. The Social Construction of Luxury: A Taxonomy of Taste; 3. Let's Go Shopping: The Streets of Material Dreams; 4. Where Opulence Is Made and Who Makes It: LVMH and Conde Nast; 5. How Luxury Becomes Necessity: The Work of Advertising; 6. From Shirts to Tulips: A Musing on Luxury; 7. Viva Las Vegas! A Strip of Luxury; 8. Still Learning from Las Vegas: How Luxury is Turning Religious; Conclusion: A (Mild) Defense of Luxury; Selected Bibliography; Index.