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Point of purchase : how shopping changed American culture / Sharon Zukin

Catalog Data

Author:
Zukin, Sharon  Search this
Physical description:
325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
C2004
Contents:
A brief history of shopping -- Julia learns to shop -- From Woolworth's to Wal-mart -- "The perfect pair of leather pants" -- B. Altman, Ralph Lauren, and the death of the leisure class -- Artemio goes to Tiffany's -- Consumer guides and the invention of lifestyle -- How Brooks brothers came to look like Banana Republic -- The Zen of internet shopping -- Zagats' 'R' us
Topic:
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects  Search this
Shopping--Social aspects--History  Search this
Consumer behavior--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_739150