Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire (Themes in World History)

by Peter N. Stearns (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $161.51

  Draws on research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as Africa. This second edition forces the reassessment of our understanding of both consumerism and global history. Aimed at students of world history, it includes the changes involved in trying to bolster consumerism.