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A destiny of choice? : new directions in American consumer history /

"In the twentieth century, Americans thought of the United States as a land of opportunity and equality. To what extent and for whom this was true was, of course, a matter of debate, however especially during the Cold War, many Americans clung to the patriotic conviction that America was the la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Blanke, David, 1961- (Editor ), Steigerwald, David (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Choice as the American Ideal
  • 2. The Imperial Politics of Globavore Consumption in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  • 3. Emotions in the Marketplace
  • 4. Inconspicuous Consumers in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
  • 5. Beyond the Producer/Consumer Divide
  • 6. David Riesman on the Frontiers of Consumption
  • 7. Aggravating Autos, Gyp Mechanics, and the Limits of Consumer Advocacy
  • 8. Behold Their Mighty Hands
  • 9. Moses and the Marketplace
  • 10. Unraveling the Culture of War
  • Concluding Thought.