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The good life : Sacramento's consumer culture

Title
The good life : Sacramento's consumer culture / Steven M. Avella.
Author
Avella, Steven M.
Publication
Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., ©2008.

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Description
xi, 159 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Mass consumption is a defining feature of modern American culture. During the 20th century, mass production, discretionary income, and modern advertising combined to create and fulfill demand for more products than ever before. From butchers and bakers to big-box retailers, the story of the buying and selling of goods tells the history of our cities from a unique perspective. The Good Life approaches Sacramento's history from the bottom up, with a look at the city's past from the perspective of ordinary citizens. From the gold rush to the dot-com bubble and beyond, it tells the story of changing times, changing styles, and changing fortunes, and their effects on the lives of the people of Sacramento.
Subject
  • City and town life > California > Sacramento
  • Consumption (Economics) > History
  • Shopping > California > Sacramento > History
  • Grocery shopping > California > Sacramento
  • Consumers' preferences > California > Sacramento > History
  • Housing > California > Sacramento > History
  • Restaurants > California > Sacramento > History
  • Shopping malls > California > Sacramento > History
  • City and town life
  • Consumers' preferences
  • Consumption (Economics)
  • Grocery shopping
  • Housing
  • Manners and customs
  • Restaurants
  • Shopping
  • Shopping malls
  • Sacramento (Calif.) > History
  • Sacramento (Calif.) > Social life and customs
  • California > Sacramento
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-154) and index.
Contents
The selling force: mass consumption, Sacramento-style -- You can't live without them here: automobiles -- Push the cart around and round: grocery shopping -- Preeminently a city of homes: housing -- The advantageous display of goods: department stores and shopping malls -- Afterword.
ISBN
  • 9780738525242
  • 0738525243
LCCN
2007943616
OCLC
  • ocn233003247
  • SCSB-9586649
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library