Consumption Intensified examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994.
Unconventional and provocative, My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology.
Credit and debt appear to be natural, permanent facets of Americans' lives, but a debt-based economy and debt-financed lifestyles are actually recent inventions.
In the age of Ikea Hackers and salvagepunks, this book charts the emergence of "e;rugged consumers"e; who creatively misuse, reuse, and repurpose the objects within their environments to suit their idiosyncratic needs and desires.
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.
The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today’s identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant.
A Year Without "e;Made in China"e; provides you with a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining account of how the most populous nation on Earth influences almost every aspect of our daily lives.
Published in 1926: The author tells the story of the Consumers' League from the genesis of the idea through the days of its development to its present days of power.
Published in 1926: The author tells the story of the Consumers' League from the genesis of the idea through the days of its development to its present days of power.
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.
Uniting theoretical work on theology, capitalism and consumerism with a scheme of detailed practical action, 'Buying God' explores how we can wean ourselves off the material and on to the eternal, through prayer, example, and vibrant social action.
Longtime leader in the luxury goods sector and former Chairman of LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton North America reinvents the artand science of brand-building under the rubric of Aesthetic Intelligence.
"e;Amidst a thousand tirades against the excesses and waste of consumer society, [this book] offers us something genuinely new and invigorating: a way out.
A hard-hitting expose of the overwork culture and modern management techniques that seduce millions of people to hand over the best part of their lives to their employer.
In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life.
