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

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