Barber, Benjamin R.,  1939- <br/><br/>
Con$umed :  how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole / 
 Consumed  Con $umed  How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole 
Benjamin R. Barber. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Co.,  c2007. 
 - x, 406 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393049619 (hardcover) 0393049612 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006039751 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA6A5864  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013629205  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumption (Economics)--United States.<br/>Consumer behavior--United States.<br/>Child consumers--United States.<br/>Capitalism--United States.<br/>Materialism--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Mass society.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions--1980-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.C6  / B324 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.4/60973