Description
Book SynopsisSelling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers' access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century.
Trade Review"Dawson is optimistic about our own agency to break out of the prison house of consumerism..." -- Dr. Matthew J. Bellamy * BC Studies, online *
"This well-researched engaging monograph uncovers the complex debates over store-hour restrictions that shaped the retail landscape of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, in the post-Second World War period." -- Vicki Howard, University of Essex * Histoire Sociale/Social History, vol 52 no 105, May '19 *
"Thick descriptions of the kind presented by Dawson are valuable, and, when written engagingly, as this study is, they make for a pleasant read." -- David Monod, Wilfrid Laurier University *
University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Santa's Lament Chapter 1 Conflict: Restricting & Liberalizing Store Hours Chapter 2 Community: Tourism, Leisure, and the Quest for Civic Prosperity Chapter 3 Leverage: The Rhetoric and Reality of Chain Store Dominance Chapter 4 Morality: Women, Families & Consumer Convenience Chapter 5 Regulation: Evasion and Enforcement Chapter 6 Ideology: The Cold War and the Public Sphere Chapter 7 Religion: Sunday Shopping's Multiple Battlegrounds Conclusion Bibliography
