| Description |
xi, 520 pages : illustrations (black and white), map, portraits ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-497) and index. |
| Summary |
"In some ways, The All Consuming Nation is an autobiography of the babyboom generation since it highlights the consumer culture and rising environmental consciousness that has been central to that generation's lived experience. That should appeal to a wide audience of regular readers. Those who are sensitive to such current issues as wealth inequality, climate change, and the environmental consequences of mass consumerism will also find the book as a way to see how we reached our contemporary crisis points and possible ways to curb current excesses. The book alternates chapters on the evolving consumer economy with chapters on environmental critiques of mass consumerism. It considers the technologies that have fuelled consumption, strategies such as planned obsolescence that sustain consumption, and the shift in retailing from brick and mortar to on-line shopping. Environmental critics have viewed every shift in patterns of increasing consumption as ultimately unsustainable. Finally, the book should serve as text for post World War II surveys in American History, Environmental History, as well as business and marketing courses"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
The creation of a consumer democracy. Introduction: Cold War, warm kitchen, and the Trump dilemma -- Postwar choices -- The birth of a consumer democracy -- The dark side of consumption -- The era of populuxe -- The era of identity consumerism. Segmented America and the new identity politics -- The American way of life polluted -- The golden age of consumption -- Consumers go to war -- The consumer movement -- Identity consumerism -- The age of limits. America goes green -- Blue-collar blues -- Environmental battlegrounds -- In debt we trust -- The battles over sustainability and climate change -- E-Commerce in the age of global warming. Hi-tech consumers -- The all-consuming nation imperiled -- Epilogue: omens. |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History.
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Consumers -- United States -- History.
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Sustainable development -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
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Consumers. (OCoLC)fst00876410
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Consumption (Economics) (OCoLC)fst00876455
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Sustainable development. (OCoLC)fst01139731
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780197568255 hardcover |
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0197568254 hardcover |
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9780197568279 electronic publication |
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9780197568286 electronic book |
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9780197568262 electronic book |
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