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The morality of spending : attitudes toward the consumer society in America, 1875-1940 / Daniel Horowitz.
LIBRA HC110.C6 H58 1985
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horowitz, Daniel, 1938-
- Series:
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history
- New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumption (Economics)--United States--History.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Consumers--United States--History.
- Consumers.
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History.
- Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social reformers.
- History.
- Intellectuals.
- United States.
- Intellectuals--United States--Attitudes--History.
- Social reformers--United States--Attitudes--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 254 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1985]
- 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:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 080182530X
- OCLC:
- 11548651
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