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Consumer Australia : historical perspectives / edited by Robert Crawford, Judith Stuart and Kim Humphery.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumption (Economics)--Australia--History--19th century.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Consumption (Economics)--Australia--History--20th century.
- Consumer behavior--Australia--History--19th century.
- Consumer behavior.
- Consumer behavior--Australia--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Donald Horne's The Lucky Country claimed that 'Australia was one of the first nations to find part of the meaning of life in the purchase of consumer goods'. Significantly, similar views had been expressed in the late 18th century, where everyday life in the antipodean outpost of Empire was regarded as being pecuniary and acquisitive in nature. While references to Australia as a 'consumer society' continue to be made, the question of how Australia came to be so has attracted less attention. T...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Selling
- pt. 2. Buying
- pt. 3. Exchanging.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-77663-0
- 9786612776632
- 1-4438-2305-8
- OCLC:
- 699672772
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