Consumerism

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Andrew Francis''s Culture and Commerce in Conrad''s Asian Fiction is the first book-length study of commerce in Conrad''s work.

Fashion in Altermodern China examines key features of women's fashion within the cultural and political context of contemporary China.

This text provides an overview of concepts, theories, and methods related to the study of household consumption.

Published in 1951, Louis Cheskin's groundbreaking Color For Profit initiated a scientific approach to color and design.

a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarly writing a comprehensive critical survey of the literature on cultural heritage and tourism and associated issues in the fields of cultural and media studies over the previous decade.

How America's post-WWII affluence led to today's divide between red states and blue states: "e;[Lindsey's] insights are frequently dazzling.

Exploring the roots of Canadian consumer culture between the 1890s and the Second World War, Purchasing Power uncovers the meanings that Canadians have attached to consumer goods.

Those who hoped the collapse of financial markets would usher in the end of neoliberalism and rehabilitate support for traditional social democratic policies programmes have been disappointed.

The $22 trillion opportunity that can be unlocked only if you rethink everything you think you know about people over sixty.

The Mindful Tourist presents the first comprehensive theoretical perspective on mindfulness in contemporary tourist experiences.

Consuming Crisis is a crucial account of how consumer culture capitalized on Coronavirus (COVID-19).

What does it mean to live in a consumer society and how does this impact on our behaviour?

Wellness has become synonymous with yoga, meditation, and other forms of self-care.

"e;Luxury Fashion and Culture"e; focuses on the study of how humans use high quality, highly pleasurable, and frequently rare products, services, and experiences to distinguish to themselves and others who they are as well as whom they are not - both within and across cultures.

Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities.

We live in a society that defines us by what we consume and how.

How do consumers process information?

Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor, shows readers how to win sales and grow market share by creating a customer experience that appeals to the most powerful consumers: women.

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It is commonly accepted that the consumer is now centre stage in modern Britain, rather than the worker or producer.

This book investigates the intersection between consumption, identity and Jewish history in Europe.

The objective of this volume is to apply the economic sociology perspective to issues of work broadly defined.

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, a character articulates the fascination goods, technology, and modernity held for many Latin Americans in the early twentieth century when he declares that ';incredible things are happening in this world.

The Mindful Tourist presents the first comprehensive theoretical perspective on mindfulness in contemporary tourist experiences.

Consumption Intensified examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994.

Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption.

Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury?

These two volumes, bound together, represent the papers, comments, and rejoinders presented at the Conference on Consumption and Saving held 30-31 March 1959 at the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania.

We spend more time shopping than doing anything else, after sleep and work.

Fashion in Altermodern China examines key features of women's fashion within the cultural and political context of contemporary China.

For mums and dads in a rush, buying convenience foods is a reality but ingredient labels often read like a complicated science experiment.

Exploring the roots of Canadian consumer culture between the 1890s and the Second World War, Purchasing Power uncovers the meanings that Canadians have attached to consumer goods.

It's in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies.

Scholars in diverse fields now agree on the importance of investigating the impact of consumption practices on the global environment, quality of life, and international justice.

A critique of the lifestyles of today's ultra rich bolstered by old-fashioned muckraking, Crass Struggle provides a sharp, original, and often humorous commentary on "e;the bad side of the good life, the underbelly of the potbelly.

"e;A crucial intervention to both critical studies of consumption and research into activism.

Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture.

This is the first comprehensive history of consumer movements, ideologies and organisations in twentieth-century Britain.

Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St.