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ISBN - 10:0691043221
ISBN - 13:9780691043227
Published By:Princeton University Press
Format:Hardcover
Condition:3
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The author offers a fund of instructive and entertaining information about consumption trends in food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, housing, fuel, domestic service and housework, health, transportation, recreation, welfare, and religion. He questions intellectuals--from economists such as Veblen and Galbraith to zoologists and physicists--who have used economic phrases to moralize about consumer behavior. Lebergott's down-to-earth approach and his wry humor deflate the claims of those social commentators who have enthusiastically acquired "tasteful" possessions for themselves while they have scoffed at the purchases made by the average American. What emerges is a picture of how forbidding existence might have been if a moral or aesthetic elite had fixed the choices of their fellow consumers.
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Author: Stanley Lebergott
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Seller Comments:Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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Condition:4
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Author: Stanley Lebergott | Hardcover
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Published:January 1, 1993
Seller Comments:Brown dust jacket with white and black letters. Clean boards and pages. Tight binding. May have some shelf wear.
Author: Stanley Lebergott | H HARDCOVER
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Author: Stanley Lebergott | Hard Cover
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Published By:Princeton Univ Pr
Format:Hard Cover
Edition:First Printing
Seller Comments:Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7"-9" tall. DJ has trace of scuffing. Library sticker on spine. Boards have touch of shelfwear. Private library bookplate inside feb. Card pocket on bep. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.
Author: Stanley Lebergott | HC
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Seller Comments:188pp. ISBN 0691043221 Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a fantastic variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to purchase.
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Seller Comments:A very clean and tight copy. No underlining or highlighting.
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Published By:Princeton U. Press
Edition:1st Edition
Seller Comments:xiii, 188 pgs.
Author: Stanley Lebergott | Hard cover
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Format:Hard cover
Condition:6
Seller Comments:Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 188 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Published By:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
Edition:1st ed.
Seller Comments:Description: xiii, 188 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Subjects: Consumption (Economics)--United States--History--20th century. United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945. United States--Economic conditions--1945-. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. 1. pp. 188.
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Seller Comments:Description: xiii, 188 p. : ill.; 25 cm. Subjects: Consumption (Economics)--United States--History--20th century. United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945. United States--Economic conditions--1945-. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.
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