{"product_id":"selling-out-or-buying-in-9781487502201","title":"Selling Out or Buying In","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelling 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dawson is optimistic about our own agency to break out of the prison house of consumerism...\" -- Dr. Matthew J. Bellamy * BC Studies, online *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 * \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Santa's Lament   Chapter 1 Conflict: Restricting \u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; 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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409138819415,"sku":"9781487502201","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487502201.jpg?v=1730505582","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selling-out-or-buying-in-9781487502201","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}