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Consumer Culture in America : Spectacle, Deception, Simulation, and Illusion in the Marketplace.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caldwell, Wilber W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Consumer behavior--United States.
- Consumer behavior.
- Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Publishing, 2024.
- Summary:
- An invasive new American value system is taking over, characterized by the embrace of leisure, the worship of the commodity, the adoration of the celebrity, the enshrinement of material success, and the veneration of wealth. Caldwell reveals how we are herded to assure the perpetual expansion of the economic sphere and exposes the effects on American life.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Caldwell, Wilber W. Consumer Culture in America
- ISBN:
- 9781628945539
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