It looks like you're offline.
Open Library logo
additional options menu
⚠ Urge publishers to restore access to 500,000 removed library books: Sign Letter - Learn More

MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 02994cam 2200661 a 4500
001 ocn619068928
003 OCoLC
005 20210626091216.0
008 100325r20102009enk b 001 0 eng
040 $aUKM$beng$cUKM$dYDXCP$dUKMGB$dOCLCQ$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dP4A$dOCLCQ$dAU@$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dDHA$dOCLCQ$dAZDAC
015 $aGBB045299$2bnb
016 7 $a015521472$2Uk
019 $a669117694
020 $a9780099437925$q(pbk.)
020 $a0099437929$q(pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)619068928$z(OCoLC)669117694
042 $aukscp
050 4 $aHB801$b.M493 2010
082 04 $a339.47$222
100 1 $aMiller, Geoffrey,$d1965-
240 10 $aSpent
245 10 $aMust-have :$bthe hidden instincts behind everything we buy /$cGeoffrey Miller.
260 $aLondon :$bVintage Books,$c2010.
300 $a374 pages ;$c20 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published in Great Britain as: Spent : sex, evolution, and the secrets of consumerism. William Heinemann, 2009.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aDarwin goes to the mall -- The genius of marketing -- Why marketing is central to culture -- This is your brain on money -- The fundamental consumerist delusion -- Flaunting fitness -- Conspicuous waste, precision, and reputation -- Self-branding bodies, self-marketing minds -- The central six -- Traits that consumers flaunt and marketers ignore -- General intelligence -- Openness -- Conscientiousness -- Agreeableness -- The centrifugal soul -- The will to display -- Legalizing freedom.
520 $aIn this original, provocative and witty book, Geoffrey Miller takes us on a journey through the surreal wonderlands of marketing, advertising and media to explore the hidden instincts behind our choices.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aConsumers$xPsychology.
650 0 $aConsumer behavior.
650 0 $aPersonality and culture.
650 0 $aBehavior evolution.
650 7 $aBehavior evolution.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00829910
650 7 $aConsumer behavior.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00876238
650 7 $aConsumers$xPsychology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00876425
650 7 $aConsumption (Economics)$xPsychological aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00876468
650 7 $aPersonality and culture.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01058705
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n100544175
029 1 $aAU@$b000046069809
029 1 $aAU@$b000046083659
029 1 $aAU@$b000053447283
029 1 $aCBK$b122217225
029 1 $aNZ1$b13415531
029 1 $aUKBCI$b122217225
029 1 $aUKBNS$b122217225
029 1 $aUKBOR$b122217225
029 1 $aUKSCO$b122217225
029 1 $aUKSGC$b122217225
029 1 $aUKSOM$b122217225
029 1 $aUKTLS$b122217225
029 1 $aUNITY$b122217225
029 1 $aUKMGB$b015521472
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hHELD BY P4A - 59 OTHER HOLDINGS