Con$umed : how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole / Benjamin R. Barber.

Author/creator Barber, Benjamin R.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.
Descriptionx, 406 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Consumption (Economics)--United States.
Consumer behavior--United States.
Child consumers--United States.
Capitalism--United States.
Materialism--Social aspects. --United States.
Mass society.
United States--Social conditions. --1980-2020.

Spine title Consumed
Variant title Con $umed
Portion of title How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole
Contents The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility -- The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity -- The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index.
LCCN 2006039751
ISBN9780393049619 (hardcover)
ISBN0393049612 (hardcover)
ISBN9780393330892 (pbk.)
ISBN0393330893 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC110.C6 B324 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold