Selling Out Or Buying In? - Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985

Informationen zum Autor Michael Dawson is Professor of History and Associate Vice-President (Research) at St. Thomas University. Klappentext Selling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers’ access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Selling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers’ access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Santa’s Lament Chapter 1 Conflict: Restricting & Liberalizing Store Hours Chapter 2 Community: Tourism, Leisure, and the Quest for Civic Prosperity Chapter 3 Leverage: The Rhetoric and Reality of Chain Store Dominance Chapter 4 Morality: Women, Families & Consumer Convenience Chapter 5 Regulation: Evasion and Enforcement Chapter 6 Ideology: The Cold War and the Public Sphere Chapter 7 Religion: Sunday Shopping’s Multiple Battlegrounds ConclusionBibliography

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Michael Dawson
• Edition: University of Toronto Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 27.05.2018
• EAN: 9781487502201
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0220-1
• Pages: 224
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique