Pursuing Happiness

American Consumers in the Twentieth Century

Stanley Lebergott (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-63614-6 (ISBN)

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Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to purchase. Stanley Lebergott maintains that the average consumer has behaved more reasonably than many distinguished critics of "materialism" have suggested. He sees consumers seeking to make an uncertain and often cruel world into a pleasanter and more convenient place--and, for the most part, succeeding. With refreshing common sense, he reminds us of what many "luxuries" have meant, especially for women: increased income since 1900 has been used largely to lighten the backbreaking labor once required by household chores. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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List of Tables and FigurePrefacePt. IEconomic Well-Being1Consumers and Their Critics32Happiness and Economic Welfare123Consumer Choice: Advertising164Consumer Choice: Externalities, Varieties215Consumption Inequality286Immortality and the Budget Constraint347Per Capita Consumption and the Angel of the Lord418Women's Work: Home to Market509Work, Overwork, and Consumer Spending6110More Goods: The Twentieth Century69Pt. IIMajor Trends, 1900-1990Food77Tobacco84Alcohol87Clothing90Shoes93Housing95Fuel104Domestic Service108Household Operation110Water117Lighting119Health121Transport128Recreation135Welfare140Religion142Postscript145Appendix A: Personal Consumption Table147Appendix B: Estimating Details165Works Cited171Index187

Erscheinungsdatum	27.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Zusatzinfo	36 tables, 1 line illustration
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-691-63614-1 / 0691636141
ISBN-13	978-0-691-63614-6 / 9780691636146
Zustand	Neuware