by Brett Williams (Author)
After September 11, 2001 ordinary Americans were urged to shop. Patriotic shopping would thwart terrorists, celebrate public life, and pull us back from the abyss of recession. We needed to be good citizen-consumers, but we knew that we could not really save America by shopping. Too many of us carried too much debt.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 25 May 2005
ISBN 10: 0812218868
ISBN 13: 9780812218862