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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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013] |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.