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how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole

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An edition of Con$umed (2007)

Con$umed

how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole

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W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
English
Pages
406

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Subjects
Consumption (Economics), Social aspects, Mass society, Capitalism, Social aspects of Materialism, Consumer behavior, Child consumers, Social conditions, Materialism, United states, social conditions, 1980-
Places
United States
Times
1980-

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Con$umed: how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole
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Table of Contents

The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility
The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity
The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index.

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Consumed, Con $umed, How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole

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Library of Congress
HC110.C6 B324 2007, HC110.C6B324 2007

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x, 406 p. ;
Number of pages
406

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OL15975998M
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9780393049619
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2006039751
OCLC/WorldCat
76871466
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2137587
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459984

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