A History of American Consumption
Threads of Meaning, Gender, and Resistance
Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-93691-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-93691-1 (ISBN)
A History of American Consumption: Threads of Meaning, Gender, and Resistance tells the story of the American consumer experience, through the continuities and changes in three cultural threads over 300 years of history from the colonial era to the present.
The United States has been near the forefront of global consumption trends since the 1700s, and for the past century and more, Americans have been the world’s foremost consuming people. Informed and inspired by the literature from consumer culture theory, as well as drawing from numerous studies in social and cultural history, A History of American Consumption tells the story of the American consumer experience from the colonial era to the present, in three cultural threads.
These threads recount the assignment of meaning to possessions and consumption, the gendered ideology and allocation of consumption roles, and resistance through anti-consumption thought and action. Brief but scholarly, this book provides a thought provoking, introduction to the topic of American consumption history informed by research in consumer culture theory.
By examining and explaining the core phenomenon of product consumption and its meaning in the changing lives of Americans over time, it provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the subjects of consumption and its causes and consequences. Readable and insightful, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in consumer behaviour, advertising, and marketing and business history.
The United States has been near the forefront of global consumption trends since the 1700s, and for the past century and more, Americans have been the world’s foremost consuming people. Informed and inspired by the literature from consumer culture theory, as well as drawing from numerous studies in social and cultural history, A History of American Consumption tells the story of the American consumer experience from the colonial era to the present, in three cultural threads.
These threads recount the assignment of meaning to possessions and consumption, the gendered ideology and allocation of consumption roles, and resistance through anti-consumption thought and action. Brief but scholarly, this book provides a thought provoking, introduction to the topic of American consumption history informed by research in consumer culture theory.
By examining and explaining the core phenomenon of product consumption and its meaning in the changing lives of Americans over time, it provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the subjects of consumption and its causes and consequences. Readable and insightful, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in consumer behaviour, advertising, and marketing and business history.
Terrence H. Witkowski is Professor of Marketing and Director of the International Business Program at California State University, USA. Educated at Northwestern University, UCLA, and UC Berkeley, he has published over 120 scholarly works.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Writing American Consumption History
Chapter 2: Consumer Culture Theory in Historical Perspective
Chapter 3: Colonial Consumption from 1607 to 1790
Chapter 4: Consumption in a New Nation, 1790 to 1865
Chapter 5: The Gilded Age, 1865 to 1900
Chapter 6: Consumption Progress, 1900 to 1930
Chapter 7: The Great Depression and World War II
Chapter 8: Consumption from 1945 to 1980
Chapter 9: American Consumption since 1980
Chapter 10: Conclusion
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.10.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in the History of Marketing |
| Zusatzinfo | 62 Line drawings, black and white; 44 Halftones, black and white; 106 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 612 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-93691-X / 113893691X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-93691-1 / 9781138936911 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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