I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers

Name: I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers
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ISBN: 9780060959838

ISBN-10: 0060959835

ISBN-13: 9780060959838

Edition: N/A

Authors: Thomas Hine

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Shopping has a lot in common with sex. Just about everybody does it. Some people brag about how well they do it. Some keep it a secret. And both provide ample opportunities to make foolish choices. Choosing and using objects is a primal human activity, and I Want That! is nothing less than a portrait of humanity as the species that shops. It explores the history of acquisition -- finding, choosing, spending -- from our amber-coveting Neolithic forebears to Renaissance nobles who outfitted themselves for power to twenty-first-century bargain hunters looking for a good buy on eBay. I Want That! explores the minds of shoppers in the quest to nourish and feed fantasies, to…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/14/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.51" wide x 7.72" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



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


Note on Sources and Further Reading


Photograph Sources


Index