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Book Synopsis
Examines the origins and moral implications of consumer society, providing a cultural history of its emergence in late nineteenth-century France.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

1. The Implications of the Consumer Revolution

Part One: The Development of Consumer Lifestyles
2. The Closed World of Courtly Consumption
3. The Dream World of Mass Consumption
4. The Dandies and Elitist Consumption
5. Decorative Arts Reform and Democratic Consumption

Part Two: The Development of Critical Thought about Consumption
6. From Luxury to Solidarity: The Quest for a Morale of the Consumer
7. Charles Gide and the Emergence of Consumer Activism
8. Durkheim, Tarde, and the Emergence of a Sociology of Consumption
9. A Fragment of Future History: Beyond the Consumer Revolution

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Dream Worlds

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 14 January 1991
      ISBN-13 9780520074248
      978-0520074248
      ISBN-10 0520074246
      Also in:
      Anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the origins and moral implications of consumer society, providing a cultural history of its emergence in late nineteenth-century France.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments

      1. The Implications of the Consumer Revolution

      Part One: The Development of Consumer Lifestyles
      2. The Closed World of Courtly Consumption
      3. The Dream World of Mass Consumption
      4. The Dandies and Elitist Consumption
      5. Decorative Arts Reform and Democratic Consumption

      Part Two: The Development of Critical Thought about Consumption
      6. From Luxury to Solidarity: The Quest for a Morale of the Consumer
      7. Charles Gide and the Emergence of Consumer Activism
      8. Durkheim, Tarde, and the Emergence of a Sociology of Consumption
      9. A Fragment of Future History: Beyond the Consumer Revolution

      Notes
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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