Consumerism

The Reading Augustine series presents short, engaging books offering personal readings of St.

The Reading Augustine series presents short, engaging books offering personal readings of St.

Toys - from teddy bears to Barbie dolls to train sets - define our image of childhood innocence.

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

Nominated for the Business Book Awards 'Embracing Change' category-----If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust?

Most people can't get through the day without a hit of caffeine.

A gripping and hilarious satire of hipsters, consumerism, contemporary art, for fans of Bret Easton Ellis and Don Delillo.

It's time to radically alter the way we perceive the world.

'Harry Wallop is one of the sharpest and funniest journalists writing in Britain today.

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.

A manifesto for a new world order.

In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable.

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

Award-winning investigative food journalist, Joanne Blythman turns her attention to the current hot topic - the state of British food.

Change is no stranger to us in the twenty-first century.

In times of economic crisis austerity becomes a rallying cry, but what does history tell us about its chances for success?

In the new media world, advertisers are deciding who you are, how much you matter, and what you see and do The Internet is often hyped as a means to enhanced consumer power: a hypercustomized media world where individuals exercise unprecedented control over what they see and do.

In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the West’s attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow, self-contradictory, and ultimately very damaging.

Seventy-six million Baby Boomers are careening toward retirement in the United States.

An environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities.

En la 'Historia del consumo en la España contemporánea (1973-2020)', Fernando Conde Gutiérrez del Álamo aborda la historia de la sociedad de consumo en España dividida en cuatro grandes etapas: la del consumo de masas entre 1973 y 1985, la de consumos segmentados entre 1985 y la crisis del 1993-1994, la de los consumos glocales financiarizados entre esta crisis y la de las 'subprime' de 2008, y la de los consumos glocales digitalizados entre esta crisis y la emergencia de la pandemia.

Overwhelmed by the amount of 'stuff' you own?

'Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, Possessed is one of the few things you really need to own' Daniel GilbertHow ownership came to own us - and what we can do about itOur love affair with possessions seems to be all-consuming, even as we face economic and environmental breaking points.

The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 yearsWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket.

This insightful analysis of the ways in which South Korean economic development strategies have reshaped the country's national identity gives specific attention to the manner in which women, as the primary agents of consumption, have been affected by this transformation.

The unqualified victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion.

Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated.

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 an unprecedented phenomenon that swept across Britain at the turn of the nineteenth century, writers, advertisers, and architects began to create and sell images of an authentic cultural realm paradoxically considered outside the marketplace.

Who knows more about a business's shady practices than the people who work there?

Social Opulence and Private Restraint is a study of the place of the consumer and consumption in the political economy of British socialism, from its early-nineteenth-century origins, through 'New Times' Marxism, to the consumer-focused New Labourism and political economies critical of consumerism that can be found in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first-century Left.

The global phenomenon of political consumerism is known through such diverse manifestations as corporate boycotts, increased preferences for organic and fairtrade products, and lifestyle choices such as veganism.

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

The global phenomenon of political consumerism is known through such diverse manifestations as corporate boycotts, increased preferences for organic and fairtrade products, and lifestyle choices such as veganism.

For all the political branding and rebranding of healthcare in the United States, its fundamental unit of currency remains the doctor-patient relationship.

For all the political branding and rebranding of healthcare in the United States, its fundamental unit of currency remains the doctor-patient relationship.

In an unprecedented phenomenon that swept across Britain at the turn of the nineteenth century, writers, advertisers, and architects began to create and sell images of an authentic cultural realm paradoxically considered outside the marketplace.

Food trucks announcing "e;halal"e; proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch?

Food trucks announcing "e;halal"e; proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch?

Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury?

'Stabbing at battle of Ikea' Sun'Most expensive house has 390m price tag' Daily Telegraph'Financier runs up 36,000 bar bill' IndependentDiamond-encrusted phones, waiting lists for handbags, 7-star hotels - in the summer of 2007, the UK economy finally reached its giddy peak.

Why is it.

In times of economic crisis austerity becomes a rallying cry, but what does history tell us about its chances for success?

Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life.

Wahrheit, Lüge & Vernunft - Über die Macht der ManipulationWir alle sind Fakten und Emotionen ausgesetzt und nicht immer sind die Grenze zwischen Wahrheit und Täuschung klartrennbar.

By any measure, the affluent sector is growing exponentially, and is far more diverse (in terms of ethnicity, education, location, and professional background) than any time in the past.

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