Reluctant capitalists : bookselling and the culture of consumption / Laura J. Miller.

Author/creator Miller, Laura J.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Descriptionx, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Commercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul : bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer : selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer : the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer : selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers : independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer : consumption as politics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.
LCCN 2005024219
ISBN0226525902 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780226525907

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks Z471 .M64 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold