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Title Consumer Australia : historical perspectives / edited by Robert Crawford, Judith Stuart and Kim Humphery.

Publication Info. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) : illustrations
text file
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Donald Horne's The Lucky Country claimed that 'Australia was one of the first nations to find part of the meaning of life in the purchase of consumer goods'. Significantly, similar views had been expressed in the late 18th century, where everyday life in the antipodean outpost of Empire was regarded as being pecuniary and acquisitive in nature. While references to Australia as a 'consumer society' continue to be made, the question of how Australia came to be so has attracted less attention. T ...
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Subject Consumption (Economics) -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Consumption (Economics)
Australia.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Consumption (Economics) -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Consumer behavior -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Consumer behavior.
Consumer behavior -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Crawford, Robert, 1975-
Smart, Judith, 1950-
Humphery, Kim, 1958-
Other Form: Print version: Consumer Australia. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, ©2010 (DLC) 2010467975 (OCoLC)646393775
ISBN 9781443823050 (electronic book)
1443823058 (electronic book)
9781443822701
1443822701
Standard No. 9786612776632