Consumerism in World History

Auteur

Peter N. Stearns is a Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus at George Mason University, USA. He has written and taught on a variety of subjects in world history, including consumerism. He has worked extensively on the modern history of emotion, including its links to consumerism, and has researched other specific aspects of consumerism such as the rise of the birthday party.

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The third edition of Consumerism in World History explores the nature of consumerism and its evolution, with particular emphasis on the modern "consumer revolution" and its global scope.

Contenu

1. Consumerism and History Part 1: Premodern Consumerism
   2. The Origins of Consumerism 3. The Range and Limitations of Premodern Consumerism Part 2: The Emergence of Modern Consumerism in Western Societies
      4. The First Modern Consumer Societies: Western Europe in the 17th-18th Centuries 5. Causes of the New Consumerism 6. Consumerism Across the Atlantic: An Early Imitation 7. The Explosion of Consumerism in Western Europe and the United States 8. The Undercurrent of Opposition Part 3: Modern Consumerism Begins to Go Global: 1850-1950
         9. Consumerism in Russia 10. Consumerism in East Asia 11. Consumerism in the Islamic Near East 12. Consumerism in Latin America 13. Consumerism in Africa Part 4: A New Stage: Consumerism and Contemporary History
            14. Regional and Other Variants 15. Globalization and Intensification 16. Conclusion: The Meanings of Modern Consumerism