Consumerism

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.

Buying For Business provides a simple but comprehensive guide to purchasing and supply.

Over last thirty years, new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new cliches galore.

Why do people behave and think the way they do?

How do consumers process information?

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.

Reviewers comments on the first editionZygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.