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Title:
Consumer culture / Heidi Watkins, book editor.
Publisher:
Greenhaven Press,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
p. cm.
Subject:
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Consumers--United States.
Materialism--Social aspects.
Other Authors:
Watkins, Heidi.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Consumer culture harms society / Benjamin Barber, interviewed by Kimberly Palmer -- Consumer culture benefits society / Howard Bloom -- Consumer culture harms children and teens / Madeline Levine -- Teen spending habits have changed / Natalie Zmuda -- Rejecting consumerism is beneficial / Robert Llewellyn -- Rejecting consumerism is not realistic / Tim Cavanaugh -- High socio-economic status causes depression / Peter Dodson -- Advertising is to blame for overconsumption / Jean Kilbourne -- Human instinct is to blame for overconsumption / John Naish -- American consumers are becoming more careful spenders / Noreen O?Leary -- What you should know about consumer culture -- What you should do about consumer culture.
Series:
Issues that concern you
ISBN:
0737752068
9780737752069 (hardcover)
LCCN:
2010038105
Locations:
3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)
HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)
UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

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