An edition of Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness (1999)

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An edition of Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness (1999)

Consuming Desires

Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness

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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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Island Press, Shearwater Books
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English
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238

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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 reviewed
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Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness
December 1, 2005, Island Press
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May 1, 1999, Island Press, Shearwater Books
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First Sentence

"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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HC110.C6C586 1999, HC110.C6 C586 1999

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Hardcover
Number of pages
238
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
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1 pounds

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OL8611595M
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1559635355
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9781559635356
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99021667
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40912677
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673327
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590288

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