MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01704cam a22002774a 4500
001 00054875
003 DLC
005 20060807193108.0
008 001226s2001 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 00054875
020 $a0415244080
020 $a0415244099 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHC79.C6$bS74 2001
082 00 $a339.4/7$221
100 1 $aStearns, Peter N.
245 10 $aConsumerism in world history :$bthe global transformation of desire /$cPeter H. Stearns.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2001.
300 $axi, 147 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aThemes in world history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface ix -- Acknowledgments xii --1 Before consumerism 1 --PART I : The emergence of consumerism in the West 13 -- 2 The emergence of consumerism 15 -- 3 The first causes of consumerism 25 -- 4 Consumerism across the Atlantic: an early imitation 37 -- 5 The explosion of consumerism in Western Europe and the United States 44 -- 6 The dark side of Western consumerism 61 --PART II : Consumerism goes global 73 -- 7 Consumerism in Russia 75 -- 8 Consumerism in East Asia 83 -- 9 Consumerism in Africa 101 -- 10 Consumerism in the Islamic Middle East 112 -- PART III : Consumerism toward the new century 123 -- 11 Consumerism in the contemporary world 125 -- 12 Conclusion: who wins - consumerism or consumers? 137 --Index 143.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/00054875.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/00054875-d.html