Langbeschreibung
An analysis of the cluttered landscape of studies of consumption examining themes such as the world of commodities, economic imperialism and globalization and the consumer society.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. From Economics Imperialism to Globalization 3. The World of Commodities 4. Use Value and Consumption 5. Consumption through Systems of Provision 6. Systems of Provision and Cultural Systems 7. Economics and Consumption 8. What is Consumer Society? 9. Whatever Happened to Public Consumption? 10 Welfarism in Light of Globalization 11. Whither Consumption Studies?