A History of American Consumption

Threads of Meaning, Gender, and Resistance
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-93691-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the History of Marketing

The United States has been near the forefront of global consumption trends since the 1700s, and for the past century and more, Americans have been the world’s foremost consuming people. Informed and inspired by the literature from consumer culture theory, as well as drawing from numerous studies in social and cultural history, A History of American Consumption tells the story of the American consumer experience from the colonial era to the present, in three cultural threads.

These threads recount the assignment of meaning to possessions and consumption, the gendered ideology and allocation of consumption roles, and resistance through anti-consumption thought and action. Brief but scholarly, this book provides a thought provoking, introduction to the topic of American consumption history informed by research in consumer culture theory.

By examining and explaining the core phenomenon of product consumption and its meaning in the changing lives of Americans over time, it provides a valuable contribution to the literature on the subjects of consumption and its causes and consequences. Readable and insightful, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in consumer behaviour, advertising, and marketing and business history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Witkowski, Terrence

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Werbung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Writing American Consumption History

Chapter 2: Consumer Culture Theory in Historical Perspective

Chapter 3: Colonial Consumption from 1607 to 1790

Chapter 4: Consumption in a New Nation, 1790 to 1865

Chapter 5: The Gilded Age, 1865 to 1900

Chapter 6: Consumption Progress, 1900 to 1930

Chapter 7: The Great Depression and World War II

Chapter 8: Consumption from 1945 to 1980

Chapter 9: American Consumption since 1980

Chapter 10: Conclusion

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Terrence H. Witkowski is Professor of Marketing and Director of the International Business Program at California State University, USA. Educated at Northwestern University, UCLA, and UC Berkeley, he has published over 120 scholarly works.