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Author Mullins, Paul R., 1962-

Title The archaeology of consumer culture / Paul R. Mullins ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The American experience in archaeological perspective
American experience in archaeological perspective.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : toward a historical archaeology of consumption -- The faces of wealth : archaeologies of status, affluence, and poverty -- Emulation and desire : the mechanisms of consumer demand -- Consuming morals, materialism, and refinement -- Consuming politics and identity -- The materiality of domesticity and Victorian marketing -- Conclusion : archaeologies of consumption.
Summary Americans have long identified themselves with material goods. In this study, Paul Mullins sifts through this continent's historical archaeological record to trace the evolution of North American consumer culture.
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Subject Material culture -- United States.
Material culture.
United States.
Social archaeology -- United States.
Social archaeology.
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
History.
Consumption (Economics)
Materialism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Materialism -- Social aspects.
Materialism.
Archaeology and history -- United States.
Archaeology and history.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mullins, Paul R., 1962- Archaeology of consumer culture. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011 9780813037509 (DLC) 2011037502 (OCoLC)711045484
ISBN 9780813040363 (electronic book)
0813040361 (electronic book)
9780813037509 (print)
0813037506 (print)