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Le Isole del lusso. Prodotti esotici, nuovi consumi e cultura economica europea,1650-1800 Le Isole del lusso. Prodotti esotici, nuovi consumi e cultura economica europea,1650-1800 Marcello Carmagnani The Isles of Luxury. EXOTIC GOODS, NEW CONSUMPTION, AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CULTURE 1650-1800 This is a history about a cluster of American and Asian goods that enjoyed worldwide adoption and… OL15395607W
Capitalism and conservation Capitalism and conservation Rosaleen Duffy,Daniel Brockington "Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism. Features innovative new rese… OL15936493W
Happy customers everywhere Happy customers everywhere Bernd Schmitt "The best customer for any business is a happy customer. He returns again and again, brings his friends and relatives, and his loyalty becomes a marketing platform of its own. But growing a loyal bas… OL16215963W
Creating Mexican consumer culture in the age of Porfirio Díaz Creating Mexican consumer culture in the age of Porfirio Díaz Steven B. Bunker "This study shows how goods and consumption embodied modernity in the time of Porfirio Díaz. Through case studies of tobacco marketing, department stores, advertising, shoplifting, and a famous jewel… OL16715234W
Good tidings and great joy Good tidings and great joy Sarah Palin Palin asserts the importance of preserving Jesus Christ in Christmas--in public displays, school concerts, pageants, and our expressions to one another--and laments the over-commercialization and hom… OL17755245W
Unstuff Unstuff Hayley DiMarco "In 'Unstuff', popular authors Hayley and Michael DiMarco take an uncomfortably close look at the cost of their love affair with stuff. Their journey towards 'Unstuffing' starts with getting rid of t… OL18027925W
Affluenza Affluenza John De Graaf We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous affluenza can be. This book can safely be called prophetic in showing how problems ranging from loneliness, endle… OL19975429W
Spent Spent Geoffrey Miller A leading evolutionary psychologist probes the hidden instincts behind our working, shopping, and spendingEvolutionary psychologythe compelling science of human naturehas clarified the prehistoric or… OL2205696W
Consumer Demand in the United States Consumer Demand in the United States Lester D. Taylor,H.S. Houthakker "Consumption expenditures by households in the United States acccount for about 70% of America's GDP. The primary focus in this book is on how households adjust these expenditures in response to chan… OL22297186W
Changer la société Changer la société André Beauchamp 172 pages ; 19 cm OL23105297W
The Kitchen Debate and Cold War consumer politics The Kitchen Debate and Cold War consumer politics Shane Hamilton Materials ancillary to the "debate" or exchanges between Richard M. Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev at the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959. OL23393626W
Alternatives to growth Alternatives to growth Conrad Schmidt "The evidence is overwhelming that unlimited industrial growth is no longer possible. Our challenge now is to find ways to shrink the overall size of the economy without creating massive unemployment… OL26451713W
Destroy all cars Destroy all cars Blake Nelson Through assignments for English class, seventeen-year-old James Hoff rants against consumerism and his classmates' apathy, puzzles over his feelings for his ex-girlfriend, and expresses disdain for h… OL3358654W
A Century of American Icons A Century of American Icons Mary Cross "Dogs eat burritos, camels smoke cigarettes, and frogs drink beer. Welcome to the Century of the Consumer. In the 20th century, Americans were romanced by consumer culture, which in turn reflected th… OL3739808W
Household behaviour: consumption, income and wealth Household behaviour: consumption, income and wealth M. Bruce Johnson 159 p. 19 cm OL7231041W
Winning strategies for the new Latin markets Winning strategies for the new Latin markets Jerry Haar,Fernando Robles,Francoise Simon,Fernando Robles,Françoise Simon Global corporations are rapidly discovering an emerging market of nearly 600 million Latin consumers in the United States and Latin America. In Winning Strategies for the New Latin Markets, three exp… OL7654571W
Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World Purchasing Identity in the Atlantic World Phyllis Whitman Hunter "Americans have always had a love-hate relationship with possessions. Early Americans suspected luxuries as a corrupting force that would lead to an aristocracy. In Purchasing Identity in the Atlanti… OL8382286W