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Donald Horne's The Lucky Country claimed that 'Australia was one of the first nations to find part of the meaning of life in the purchase of consumer goods'. Significantly, similar views had been expressed in the late 18th century, where everyday life in the antipodean outpost of Empi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crawford, Robert, 1975-, Smart, Judith, 1950-, Humphery, Kim, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, ©2010.
Temas:
1800-1999
Consumption (Economics) > Australia > History > 19th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Australia > History > 20th century.
Consumer behavior > Australia > History > 19th century.
Consumer behavior > Australia > History > 20th century.
Consommateurs > Comportement > Australie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Consommateurs > Comportement > Australie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Society & social sciences.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Consumer behavior
Consumption (Economics)
Australia
History
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Sumario:Donald Horne's The Lucky Country claimed that 'Australia was one of the first nations to find part of the meaning of life in the purchase of consumer goods'. Significantly, similar views had been expressed in the late 18th century, where everyday life in the antipodean outpost of Empire was regarded as being pecuniary and acquisitive in nature. While references to Australia as a 'consumer society' continue to be made, the question of how Australia came to be so has attracted less attention. T ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443823050
1443823058

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