Consumption Reader

Zusatztext 'A unique and vital contribution ... an excellent introduction to the ever-changing world of consumption.' - Annals of the Association of American Geographers'Buy this book ... The Consumption Reader combines a strong authorial signature with a lucid and systematic style. It is clearly an advanced treatment of what is at stake here! but I could easily imagine it being used as a basis for discussion with students midway through their undergraduate careers. So there is something for everyone.' - Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design'The Consumption Reader is commendable as a gimmick-free! clear and comprehensive introduction to an increasingly key topic in the social sciences.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement Informationen zum Autor David B. Clarke is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leeds! Marcus A.Doel is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Wales! Swansea and Kate Housiaux is Marketing Officer of the John Hansard Gallery at the University of Southampton. Zusammenfassung This reader offers an essential selection of the best work on the Consumer Society. It brings together in an engaging, surprising, and thought provoking way, a diverse range of topics and theoretical perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction. Part 1: History Part 2: Geography Part 3: Subjects and Identity Part 4: Objects and Technology Part 5: Theory

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• Authors: David Doel Clark, CLARK DAVID DOEL MARCUS HOUSIAUX, David B. Clarke, David B. Doel Clarke, David B. Clarke
• Assisted by: David Clarke (Editor), David B. Clarke (Editor), Marcus Doel (Editor), Marcus A. Doel (Editor), Doel Marcus A. (Editor), Kate M. L. Housiaux (Editor), Kate M.L. Housiaux (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2003
• EAN: 9780415213776
• ISBN: 978-0-415-21377-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Consumerism