ABSTRACT

A multi-disciplinary overview providing new theories, critical analyses and the latest reasearch on this very fashionable topic. Includes chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, economics, history, sociology and many more areas.

part 1|48 pages

CONSUMPTION AS THE VANGUARD OF HISTORY

chapter |4 pages

NOTES

chapter 3|30 pages

THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION

chapter 4|38 pages

FROM POLITICAL ECONOMY TO CONSUMPTION

chapter |18 pages

SURVEY

chapter |2 pages

CASE-STUDIES

chapter |1 pages

CONCLUSIONS

chapter |1 pages

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

chapter |10 pages

NOTES

chapter 7|26 pages

PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CONSUMPTION