Consumer Republic
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A Consumers Republic
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Author : Lizabeth Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2008-12-24
A Consumers Republic written by Lizabeth Cohen and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-24 with History categories.
In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life. Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became synonymous with patriotism, social equality, and the American Dream. Material goods came to embody the promise of America, and the power of consumers to purchase everything from vacuum cleaners to convertibles gave rise to the power of citizens to purchase political influence and effect social change. Yet despite undeniable successes and unprecedented affluence, mass consumption also fostered economic inequality and the fracturing of society along gender, class, and racial lines. In charting the complex legacy of our “Consumers’ Republic” Lizabeth Cohen has written a bold, encompassing, and profoundly influential book.
A Consumers Republic
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Author : Lizabeth Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2003-12-30
A Consumers Republic written by Lizabeth Cohen and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-30 with History categories.
In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life. Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became synonymous with patriotism, social equality, and the American Dream. Material goods came to embody the promise of America, and the power of consumers to purchase everything from vacuum cleaners to convertibles gave rise to the power of citizens to purchase political influence and effect social change. Yet despite undeniable successes and unprecedented affluence, mass consumption also fostered economic inequality and the fracturing of society along gender, class, and racial lines. In charting the complex legacy of our “Consumers’ Republic” Lizabeth Cohen has written a bold, encompassing, and profoundly influential book.
Consumer Republic
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Author : Bruce Philp
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2012-02-07
Consumer Republic written by Bruce Philp and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-07 with Social Science categories.
In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, and for the same people who read Seth Godin and bought The Black Swan and How We Decide, this book breaks down the myth of brands and puts the power back in consumers' hands. The foundation of Consumer Republic's message is this single, inarguable truth: Brands make corporations accountable. Expensive to create, essential to making money, and more public than anything else a corporation has or does, a brand is an enormously valuable and fragile asset to them. Through this book Bruce Philp will inspire you to buy less, maybe, but demand better; to make better choices; and then to speak up when you're happy and when you're not. Pin every one of these acts to a brand and corporations will be forced to cooperate in making our way of life sustainable. Ultimately, if we take control of brands, we can save the world.
Consumers Republic
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Author : Lizabeth Cohen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Consumers Republic written by Lizabeth Cohen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
Oecd Recommendation Of The Council On Consumer Protection In E Commerce
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-12
Oecd Recommendation Of The Council On Consumer Protection In E Commerce written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-12 with categories.
The OECD has revised its Recommendation on Consumer Protection in E-commerce in order to adapt consumer protection to the current environment and reinforce fair business practices, information disclosures, payment protections, dispute resolution and education.
The Consumer Revolution 1650 1800
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Author : Michael Kwass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-02-03
The Consumer Revolution 1650 1800 written by Michael Kwass and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with History categories.
The production, acquisition, and use of consumer goods defines our daily lives, and yet consumerism is seen as increasingly controversial. Movements for sustainable and ethical consumerism are gaining momentum alongside an awareness of how our choices in the marketplace can affect public issues. How did we get here? This volume advances a bold new interpretation of the 'consumer revolution' of the eighteenth century, when European elites, middling classes, and even certain labourers purchased unprecedented quantities of clothing, household goods, and colonial products. Michael Kwass adopts a global perspective that incorporates the expansion of European empires, the development of world trade, and the rise of plantation slavery in the Americas. Kwass analyses the emergence of Enlightenment material cultures, contentious philosophical debates on the morality of consumption, and new forms of consumer activism to offer a fresh interpretation of the politics of consumption in the age of abolitionism and the Atlantic Revolutions.
Creditworthy
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Author : Josh Lauer
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-25
Creditworthy written by Josh Lauer and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-25 with History categories.
The first consumer credit bureaus appeared in the 1870s and quickly amassed huge archives of deeply personal information. Today, the three leading credit bureaus are among the most powerful institutions in modern life—yet we know almost nothing about them. Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion are multi-billion-dollar corporations that track our movements, spending behavior, and financial status. This data is used to predict our riskiness as borrowers and to judge our trustworthiness and value in a broad array of contexts, from insurance and marketing to employment and housing. In Creditworthy, the first comprehensive history of this crucial American institution, Josh Lauer explores the evolution of credit reporting from its nineteenth-century origins to the rise of the modern consumer data industry. By revealing the sophistication of early credit reporting networks, Creditworthy highlights the leading role that commercial surveillance has played—ahead of state surveillance systems—in monitoring the economic lives of Americans. Lauer charts how credit reporting grew from an industry that relied on personal knowledge of consumers to one that employs sophisticated algorithms to determine a person's trustworthiness. Ultimately, Lauer argues that by converting individual reputations into brief written reports—and, later, credit ratings and credit scores—credit bureaus did something more profound: they invented the modern concept of financial identity. Creditworthy reminds us that creditworthiness is never just about economic "facts." It is fundamentally concerned with—and determines—our social standing as an honest, reliable, profit-generating person.
Global Trade And The Transformation Of Consumer Cultures
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Author : Beverly Lemire
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-11
Global Trade And The Transformation Of Consumer Cultures written by Beverly Lemire and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-11 with History categories.
Charts the rise of consumerism and the new cosmopolitan material cultures that took shape across the globe from 1500 to 1820.
Economics And Consumer Behavior
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Author : Angus Deaton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1980-05-30
Economics And Consumer Behavior written by Angus Deaton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-05-30 with Business & Economics categories.
For advanced courses in economic analysis, this book presents the economic theory of consumer behavior, focusing on the applications of the theory to welfare economies and econometric analysis.
Republic Com
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Author : Cass R. Sunstein
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2001
Republic Com written by Cass R. Sunstein and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Computers categories.
This text shows us how to approach the Internet as responsible people. Democracy, it maintains, depends on shared experiences and requires people to be exposed to topics and ideas that they would not have chosen in advance.