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Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930

Title
Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 / Susan J. Matt.
Author
Matt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson), 1967-
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003.

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Description
223 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Social values > United States > History
  • Envy > Social aspects
  • Social status > United States > History
  • Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > United States
  • Social change > United States > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-214) and index.
Contents
City women and the quest for status -- Envy in the office -- The prizes of life lie away from the farm -- From sturdy yeoman to hayseed -- Coming of age in consumer society.
Call Number
JFE 03-2539
ISBN
0812236866 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002029110
OCLC
50294937
Author
Matt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson), 1967-
Title
Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 / Susan J. Matt.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-214) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-2539
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