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Consumerism in twentieth-century Britain：the search for a historical movement

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hilton Matthew
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK New York
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics) > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Consumers > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Consumer protection > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Carrier Form: xiii, 382 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0521831296 (hbk.)
052153853X (pbk.)
Index Number: F156
CLC: F156.147-09
F156.19
Call Number: F156.147-09/H656
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-370) and index.
Socialism, co-operation, free trade and fair trade : the politics of consumption in the nineteenth century -- Revolutionary shoppers : the Consumers' Council and scarcity in World War One -- The right to live : consumer 'ideology' in inter-war Britain -- The price of depression : consumer politics in inter-war Britain -- Austerity to affluence : the twilight of the politics of necessity -- The new consumer : good housewives and enlightened businessmen -- The professionals : the origins of the organised consumer movement -- Individualism enshrined : the state and the consumer in the 1960s -- The right to shop : consumerism and the economy -- The duty of citizens : consumerism and society -- Affluence or effluence : globalisation and ethical consumerism -- The quantity or the quality of choice.

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