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The victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion. The United States has traditionally been home to the most aggressive and thoughtful critics
All Consuming Images
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Pages: 348
Authors: Stuart Ewen
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Basic Books

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A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives.
The All-Consuming Nation
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In his 1958 "kitchen debate" with Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon argued that the freedom to consume defined the American way of life. High wages, full employm
Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century
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Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century aims to bring together detailed analyses of the cultural myths, or fictions, of consumption that have shaped di
Consumed Nostalgia
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. For many of us, modern memory is shaped less by a longing for the social customs and practices of the past or for family hei