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4.5 Consumerism
 

Keat, Russell & Abercrombie, Nicholas
Enterprise Culture
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: October 1990
224pp 216 x 138
Dewey class: 303.372
Series: International library of sociology
A collection of papers intended to provide a critical overview of the nature and implications of the enterprise culture, this book covers such topics as the political economy, discourse analysis, intellectual history, social philosophy, international dimensions and cultural values.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 04856 7 £13.99

Keat, Russell & Abercrombie, Nicholas et al
The Authority of the Consumer
Routledge: December 1993
272pp
Hardback ISBN:0 415 08918 2 £42.50
Paperback ISBN:0 415 08919 0 £13.99

Miller, Daniel
Acknowledging Consumption
undergraduate postgraduate level
Routledge: 06 1995
304pp 234 x 156: 2 line figures, 1 b&w photograph
Series: Material Cultures
This work is a survey of the writings on consumption produced over the last decade. There are chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, consumer behaviour, economics, geography, history, media studies, psychology and sociology.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 10688 5 £55.00
Paperback ISBN:0 415 10689 3 £15.99

Shields, Rob (Ed)
Lifestyle Shopping: the Subject of Consumption
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: 1992
256pp, 216 x 138mm
Series: the International Library of Sociology
This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the process of consumption. Its acute, sharply observed contributions are drawn from a variety of relevant disciplines.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 060605 £12.99

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