Reluctant capitalists : bookselling and the culture of consumption /
Miller, Laura J.
Reluctant capitalists : bookselling and the culture of consumption / Laura J. Miller. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (x, 316 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index.
Commercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul : bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer : selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer : the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer : selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers : independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer : consumption as politics.
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Looking at a century of book retailing, this text demonstrates that the independent/chain dynamic is not entirely new.
English.
9780226525921 (electronic bk.) 0226525929 (electronic bk.) 9780226525907 (alk. paper) 0226525902 (alk. paper) 1281965960 9781281965967 (alk. paper) 9786611965969 6611965963
10.7208/9780226525921 doi
OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com FB8EC2B2-46A5-4437-B00A-13F97A4A8705 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Booksellers and bookselling--United States.
Bookstores--United States.
Books--Purchasing--United States.
Books and reading--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Consumer behavior--United States.
Libraires--États-Unis.
Librairie--États-Unis.
Librairies--États-Unis.
Livres--Achat--États-Unis.
Livres et lecture--États-Unis.
Consommation (Économie politique)--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Consommateurs--Comportement--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Sales & Selling--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Marketing--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Commerce.
Books and reading.
Books--Purchasing.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Bookstores.
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Buchhandel
Buchmarkt
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Z471 / .M64 2006eb
381/.45002/0973
Reluctant capitalists : bookselling and the culture of consumption / Laura J. Miller. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (x, 316 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index.
Commercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul : bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer : selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer : the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer : selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers : independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer : consumption as politics.
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Looking at a century of book retailing, this text demonstrates that the independent/chain dynamic is not entirely new.
English.
9780226525921 (electronic bk.) 0226525929 (electronic bk.) 9780226525907 (alk. paper) 0226525902 (alk. paper) 1281965960 9781281965967 (alk. paper) 9786611965969 6611965963
10.7208/9780226525921 doi
OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com FB8EC2B2-46A5-4437-B00A-13F97A4A8705 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Booksellers and bookselling--United States.
Bookstores--United States.
Books--Purchasing--United States.
Books and reading--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.
Consumer behavior--United States.
Libraires--États-Unis.
Librairie--États-Unis.
Librairies--États-Unis.
Livres--Achat--États-Unis.
Livres et lecture--États-Unis.
Consommation (Économie politique)--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Consommateurs--Comportement--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Sales & Selling--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Marketing--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Commerce.
Books and reading.
Books--Purchasing.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Bookstores.
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Buchhandel
Buchmarkt
United States.
USA.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Z471 / .M64 2006eb
381/.45002/0973