Pursuing Happiness : American Consumers in the Twentieth Century.

By:

Lebergott, Stanley

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Princeton legacy libraryPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (203 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400863266
1400863260

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pursuing Happiness : American Consumers in the Twentieth Century.DDC classification:

339.4/7/09730904 20

LOC classification:

HC110.C6

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Contents:

Cover; Works Cited; Index.

Summary: Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to purchase. Stanley Lebergott maintains that the average consumer has behaved more reasonably than many distinguished critics of ""materialism"" have suggested. He sees consumers seeking to make an uncertain and often cruel world into a pleasanter and more convenient place--and, for the most part, succeeding. With refreshing common sense, he reminds us of what many ""luxuries"" have meant, especially for women.

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Cover; Works Cited; Index.

Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to purchase. Stanley Lebergott maintains that the average consumer has behaved more reasonably than many distinguished critics of ""materialism"" have suggested. He sees consumers seeking to make an uncertain and often cruel world into a pleasanter and more convenient place--and, for the most part, succeeding. With refreshing common sense, he reminds us of what many ""luxuries"" have meant, especially for women.

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