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The Making of the Consumer: Knowledge, Power and Identity in the Modern World (Cultures of Consumption)

By Frank Trentmann

Book information

Publisher
Berg Publishers
Year
2006
ISBN
1-84520-248-1, 978-1-84520-248-4, 9781847880178, 978-1-84520-249-1, 1-84520-249-X, 1847880177
LCC
HC79.C6 M35 2005
Open Library ID
OL22716004M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5805819 bytes)
Series
Cultures of consumption series
Pages
330\330
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Ranging from the United States to contemporary Papua New Guinea, and from the European Union to China, this book discusses the evolution of the consumer in economics, law, and anthropology; the political contestation of water and tea, as well as shopping in modern Europe, and the current refashioning of consumer identities in East Germany, in multinational stores in China, and in public debates about the effect of consumerism on childhood and citizenship in Europe and North America. Bringing together international experts from history, law, economics, anthropology, and media studies, this book offers a historically informed perspective on the rise of the consumer to its current prominence.

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