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The morality of spending : attitudes toward the consumer society in America, 1875-1940 / Daniel Horowitz.
Lippincott Library HC110.C6 H58 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horowitz, Daniel, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumption (Economics)--United States--History.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Consumers--United States--History.
- Consumers.
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects--History.
- Intellectuals--United States--Attitudes--History.
- Intellectuals.
- Social reformers--United States--Attitudes--History.
- Social reformers.
- History.
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First elephant paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : I.R. Dee, 1992.
- Summary:
- A brilliant history of American misgivings about the consequences of their comfort, affluence, and luxury. ""An illuminating study, intelligent and perceptive...full of interesting insights."" --Reviews in American History
- Notes:
- "Elephant paperbacks EL122"--Cover.
- Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0929587774 :
- OCLC:
- 24215441
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