Point of Purchase How Shopping Changed American Culture

Name: Point of Purchase How Shopping Changed American Culture
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ISBN: 9780415950435

ISBN-10: 0415950430

ISBN-13: 9780415950435

Edition: 2004

Authors: Sharon Zukin

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Why does shopping have such a powerful influence on our lives? As shoppers will attest, it provides a terrific balm for the soul. But shopping offers us an even greater bargain than that: as the public face of consumer society, it keeps the modern economy afloat, linking the family looking for jeans at Wal-Mart in California to factories in China and Bangladesh. As we push our wire carts around the supermarket or stroll through the mall, shopping provides a normal means of taking part in social life. Accessible, smart, and expansive, Point of Purchase shows the incredible impact shopping has had on American life, stretching from the mid-19th century to today's shopping trends from the…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Prologue: What Shopping Is



A Brief History of Shopping



Julia Learns to Shop



From Woolworth's to Wal-Mart



"The Perfect Pair of Leather Pants"



B. Altman, Ralph Lauren, and the Death of the Leisure Class



Artemio Goes to Tiffany's



Consumer Guides and the Invention of Lifestyle



How Brooks Brothers Came to Look Like Banana Republic



The Zen of Internet Shopping



Zagats' 'R' Us


Epilogue: What Shopping Should Be


Acknowledgments


Notes