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21H.206 American Consumer Culture, Fall 2001

dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Meg, 1969-en_US
dc.coverage.temporalFall 2001en_US
dc.date.issued2001-12
dc.identifier21H.206-Fall2001
dc.identifierlocal: 21H.206
dc.identifierlocal: IMSCP-MD5-c9a369d7a90586df2e54e05a49ea4b85
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45101
dc.description.abstractExamines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. Explores how such things as department stores, advertising, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics.en_US
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dc.subjecttwentieth century historyen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectpopular cultureen_US
dc.subjectunited statesen_US
dc.subjectmarketingen_US
dc.subjectmass-productionen_US
dc.subjecteconomicsen_US
dc.subjectpoliticsen_US
dc.subjectmiddle classen_US
dc.subjecttwentieth-century Americansen_US
dc.subject20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectconsumptionen_US
dc.subjectleisureen_US
dc.subjectmaterial abundanceen_US
dc.subjectdepartment storesen_US
dc.subjectadvertisingen_US
dc.subjectmass-produced carsen_US
dc.subjectsuburbsen_US
dc.subjectAmerican economyen_US
dc.subjectAmerican societyen_US
dc.subjectAmerican politicsen_US
dc.subjectmass marketen_US
dc.subjectturn of the centuryen_US
dc.subjectmiddle-class societyen_US
dc.subjectinterwar Americaen_US
dc.subjectmass cultureen_US
dc.subjectpostwar Americaen_US
dc.subjectconspicuous consumptionen_US
dc.subjectgood lifeen_US
dc.subjectcarsen_US
dc.subjectautomobilesen_US
dc.subjectvehiclesen_US
dc.subjectwindowen_US
dc.subjectstorefronten_US
dc.subjectstoreen_US
dc.subjectshopen_US
dc.subjectshowroomen_US
dc.subjectdealersen_US
dc.subjectdealershipen_US
dc.title21H.206 American Consumer Culture, Fall 2001en_US
dc.title.alternativeAmerican Consumer Cultureen_US


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