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The Consumer’s Comfort and Dream
Author(s)Cross, Gary
AbstractThis selection reviews theories of consumerism, and argues that “working people actively participated in the formation of the consumer society even as they were being manipulated by it”.
Pages154-183
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SourceTime and Money: The Making of Consumer Culture
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PubDate1993
ISBN_ISSN0415088550

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