Consumer Society

Informationen zum Autor Juliet B. Schor 's research has focused on the economics of work, spending, environment, and the consumer culture. She is the author of Born to Buy , The Overworked American , and The Overspent American . Schor is senior lecturer on women's studies at Harvard University, as well as chair in the economics of leisure studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. She is a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and a cofounder of the Center for a New American Dream, an organization devoted to ecologically and socially sustainable lifestyles. Douglas B. Holt is assistant professor in the department of marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Klappentext A unique and definitive read on our "national passion"--buying stuff--and its consequences for American society, this landmark work of social criticism is sure to become the standard book on the subject. Zusammenfassung A unique and definitive read on our "national passion"--buying stuff--and its consequences for American society, this landmark work of social criticism is sure to become the standard book on the subject.

Product details

• Authors: Juliet Schor, Juliet B. Holt Schor, Juliet Holt Schor
• Assisted by: D. B. Holt (Editor), Douglas B. Holt (Editor), Juliet Schor (Editor), Juliet B. Schor (Editor)
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9781565845985
• ISBN: 978-1-56584-598-5
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; Market research, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / Research