| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: what makes people shop? -- Power: why we want objects and how they change us -- Responsibility: why women take shopping seriously -- Discovery: in the market among strangers -- Self-expression: the blossoming of the buyosphere -- Insecurity: fashion and the quest for a great buy -- Attention: sellers, buyers, and the worlds they make -- Belonging: taste, lifestyle, and buying to fit in -- Celebration: spending Christmas with family -- Convenience: efficiency, branding, and the tangled lives of shoppers -- Afterword: the future of shopping. |
| Subject |
Consumers -- History.
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Consumers. |
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History. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- History.
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Shopping -- History.
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Shopping. |
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Retail trade -- History.
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Retail trade. |
| ISBN |
0060185112 alkaline paper |
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