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An All-consuming Century Why Commercialism Won in Modern America

Hardcover • 2000 • English

An All-consuming Century Why Commercialism Won in Modern America

By Gary S. Cross

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About the book

The unqualified victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion. The United States has traditionally been the home of the most aggressive and often thoughtful criticism of consumption, including Puritanism, Prohibition, the simplicity movement, the '60s hippies, and the consumer rights movement. But at the dawn of the twenty-first century, not only has American consumerism triumphed, there isn't even an "ism" left to challenge it. An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how...Show more

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ISBN

9780231113120

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

An All-consuming Century Why Commercialism Won in Modern America

Format

Hardcover

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