{"product_id":"the-allconsuming-nation-chasing-the-american-dream-since-world-war-ii-9780197568255","title":"The AllConsuming Nation Chasing the American","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating study of the US covers 1945 to the present. It will appeal to thoughtful readers; those who most need this information will likely dismiss it as \"fake news\". * D. R. Jamieson, Ashland University, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eMark H. Lytle's All-Consuming Nation is not a traditional textbook. He frames the past through issues of consumption, capitalism, and the multiple physical environments in which Americans live. Lytle enlivens chronological history with telling anecdotes and revealing data, and his writing is so good that scholars as well as students will be happy. Finally, he provides an outstanding explanation of contemporary American social and economic stratification. * Raymond Haberski Jr, Professor of History and Director of American Studies and the Institute for American Thought, IUPUI *\u003cbr\u003eAs Lytle makes abundantly clear in this imaginative new survey of U.S. history, understanding postwar America requires careful attention to the ways the ethos of consumption became a kind of secular religion over the past 75 years. Lytle has synthesized political, social, cultural, and, above all, environmental history into a provocative and deeply needed framework for both exploring the story of postwar history and understanding the consumerist roots of the climate crisis. * Michael B. Smith, Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Ithaca College *\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating study of the US covers 1945 to the present. It will appeal to thoughtful readers; those who most need this information will likely dismiss it as \"fake news.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Cold War, Warm Kitchen, and the Trump Dilemma  Part I       The Creation of a Consumer Democracy  1.    Post War Choices  2.  The Birth of a Consumer Democracy  3.   Chapter Three: The Dark Side of Consumption  4.   The Era of Populuxe   Part II      The Era of Identity Consumerism  5.   Segmented America and the New Identity Politics  6.   The American Way of Life Polluted   7.   The Golden Age of Consumption  8.    Vietnam: Consumers Go to War  9. The Consumer Movement  10.   Identity Consumerism   Part III     The Age of Limits, The Age of Fractures  11.   America Goes Green  12.   The Age of Limits  13.   The Environmental Battleground  14.    In Debt We Trust  15.    Fractured Science: The Battles Over Sustainability and Climate Change   Part IV      E-Commerce in the Age of Global Warming  16.    High Tech Consumers  17.    The All-Consuming Nation Imperiled  Epilogue: Omens  Notes Bibliography  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524590149975,"sku":"9780197568255","price":50.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197568255.jpg?v=1731857385","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-allconsuming-nation-chasing-the-american-dream-since-world-war-ii-9780197568255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}