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Consider this paradox: Ecologists estimate that it would take three planets Earth to provide an American standard of living to the entire world. Yet it is that standard of living to which the whole world aspires. In Consuming Desires, Roger Rosenblatt brings together a collection of writers to shed light on that disturbing paradox. The book presents a rich and varied dialogue on the underlying roots of consumer culture and its pervasive impact on ourselves and the world around us.
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Consumption (Economics), Mass society, Consumer behavior, Social conditions, Individualism, Société de consommation, Conditions sociales, Consommateurs, Comportement, Verbraucherverhalten, Verbrauch, Individualisme, Société de masse, United states, social conditions, 1980-, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness
December 1, 2005, Island Press
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1597260894 9781597260893
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Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness
May 1, 1999, Island Press, Shearwater Books
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in English
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1559635355 9781559635356
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"MODERN LIFE has played a monstrous joke on the innocent American traveler who heads off to remote places in search of the exotic."
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