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An all-consuming century : why commercialism won in modern America

Title
An all-consuming century : why commercialism won in modern America / Gary Cross.
Author
Cross, Gary S.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Description
ix, 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over that remarkable hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Consumer protection > United States
  • Consumers > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-305) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. The Irony of the Century -- Ch. 2. Setting the Course, 1900-1930 -- Ch. 3. Promises of More, 1930-1960 -- Ch. 4. Coping with Abundance -- Ch. 5. A New Consumerism, 1960-1980 -- Ch. 6. Markets Triumphant, 1980-2000 -- Ch. 7. An Ambiguous Legacy.
ISBN
0231113129
LCCN
99087282
OCLC
  • ocm43185960
  • SCSB-3935775
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries