Zukin, Sharon.

Point of purchase : how shopping changed American culture / Sharon Zukin. - New York : Routledge, c2004. - 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-312) and index.

Prologue: What Shopping Is -- A brief history of shopping -- Julia learns to shop -- From Woolworth's to Wal-mart -- "The perfect pair of leather pants" -- B. Altman, Ralph Lauren, and the death of the leisure class -- Artemio goes to Tiffany's -- Consumer guides and the invention of lifestyle -- How Brooks brothers came to look like Banana Republic -- The Zen of internet shopping -- Zagats' 'R' us -- Epilogue: What Shopping Should Be.

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Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Shopping--Social aspects--History.--United States
Consumer behavior--History.--United States

HC110.C6 / Z85 2004

306.3/0973