21H.206 American Consumer Culture, Fall 2001

Examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. Explores how such things as department stores, advertising, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jacobs, Meg, 1969-
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
Format:	Learning Object
Language:	en-US
Published:	2001
Subjects:	twentieth century history history popular culture united states marketing mass-production economics politics middle class twentieth-century Americans 20th century consumption leisure material abundance department stores advertising mass-produced cars suburbs American economy American society American politics mass market turn of the century middle-class society interwar America mass culture postwar America conspicuous consumption good life cars automobiles vehicles window storefront store shop showroom dealers dealership
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45101

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45101

21H.206 American Consumer Culture, Fall 2001

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