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Title: Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire by Peter N. Stearns ISBN: 0-415-24409-9 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Is consumerism good or bad?
Comment: Before reading this book I was not consciously aware that consumerism is a movement with a history of many centuries. I also did not realise that mass consumerism in Western Europe started in the 17th century. This book will give you real insight in what consumerism is all about unless you are a specialist in consumerism. The book combines a good historical perspective as well as the good analysis of the forces that drive consumerism. The book also shows that in all countries there has been and still is tension between those promoting consumerism as good and unavoidable and those that oppose it.
A few points of detail. The book contains almost no statistics other than anecdotal information like the sugar consumption in Paris in 1790 and similar interesting figures. The historical perspective is rather incomplete when it comes to Greece, India and classic Rome. Buddhism is not described quite correctly. Buddha was not opposed to wealth but only insisted that it should be earned honestly and used properly. It is correct that prominent Buddhists such as the Dalai Lama and a prominent monk scholar in Thailand Payutto oppose mindless consumerism and are very concerned about the impact on the environment. However consumerism is flourishing in Thailand even though it is a Buddhist country. It is a typical example of a society moving in one direction and spiritual leaders pulling in another direction. One great merit of the book is that it is only 142 pages long and very readable.
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Title: The Consumer Society Reader by Juliet Schor, Douglas B. Holt, Douglas Holt ISBN: 1565845986 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: An All-Consuming Century by Gary Cross ISBN: 0231113137 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: Getting and Spending: European and American Consumer Societies in the Twentieth Century by Susan Strasser, Charles McGovern, Matthias Judt ISBN: 0521626943 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America by Lizabeth Cohen ISBN: 0375707379 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities by Grant McCracken ISBN: 0253206286 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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