Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical MovementCambridge University Press, 13.11.2003 - 382 Seiten This book is the first comprehensive history of consumerism as an organised social and political movement. Matthew Hilton offers a groundbreaking account of consumer movements, ideologies and organisations in twentieth-century Britain. He argues that in organisations such as the Co-operative movement and the Consumers' Association individual concern with what and how we spend our wages led to forms of political engagement too often overlooked in existing accounts of twentieth-century history. He explores how the consumer and consumerism came to be regarded by many as a third force in society with the potential to free politics from the perceived stranglehold of the self-interested actions of employers and trade unions. Finally he recovers the visions of countless consumer activists who saw in consumption a genuine force for liberation for women, the working class and new social movements as well as a set of ideas often deliberately excluded from more established political organisations. |
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... commodity to modern life , but it actually misses its true significance.2 Consumption has been one of the most recurring means by which citizens have moulded their political consciousness and shaped their political organisations , as ...
... commodity to modern life , but it actually misses its true significance.2 Consumption has been one of the most recurring means by which citizens have moulded their political consciousness and shaped their political organisations , as ...
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... commodities that they could be used to purchase . The politics of industrial disputes were intricately tied in with the politics of price and the two ought not to be separated , as indeed they were not for many working - class radicals ...
... commodities that they could be used to purchase . The politics of industrial disputes were intricately tied in with the politics of price and the two ought not to be separated , as indeed they were not for many working - class radicals ...
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... commodities . This can be interpreted as either a positive phenomenon , in the sense that it is equated with full participation in modern society , or as a negative expression , such as it was first used in 1960 in Vance Packard's The ...
... commodities . This can be interpreted as either a positive phenomenon , in the sense that it is equated with full participation in modern society , or as a negative expression , such as it was first used in 1960 in Vance Packard's The ...
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... commodities and some well - researched but ultimately exagger- ated interpretations of the importance of the ... Commodity Culture of Victorian England : Advertising and Spectacle , 1851-1914 ( London , 1991 ) ; W. H. Fraser , The Com ...
... commodities and some well - researched but ultimately exagger- ated interpretations of the importance of the ... Commodity Culture of Victorian England : Advertising and Spectacle , 1851-1914 ( London , 1991 ) ; W. H. Fraser , The Com ...
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... commodity culture as its European counter- parts , has produced works demonstrating the richness and varied nature of consumerism . In a country where material abundance has frequently been equated with nationhood and citizenship , it ...
... commodity culture as its European counter- parts , has produced works demonstrating the richness and varied nature of consumerism . In a country where material abundance has frequently been equated with nationhood and citizenship , it ...
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Consumerism in Twentieth-century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement Matthew Hilton Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2003 |
Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement Matthew Hilton Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2003 |
Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement Matthew Hilton Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2003 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
activities Advertising Advice Centre affluent agendas Annual Report Association Board of Trade Britain British CA's campaigns citizen citizenship co-operation Co-operative movement commodities comparative testing concerns Conservative consumer activists Consumer Advice consumer affairs Consumer Council consumer groups consumer interest Consumer London consumer movement consumer policy consumer protection consumer society consumerism consumerist Culture economic Ethical Consumer focus Food Control Food Council G. D. H. Cole guild socialism H. C. Deb History housewife Ibid individual industry Institute IOCU issues J. A. Hobson J. B. Priestley labour movement Labour Party legislation living wage London Manchester manufacturers ment Michael Young National nationalised NFCG politics of consumption problems production purchasing Rachel Waterhouse recognised retail role RTSA Shopper's Guide shoppers social credit socialist standards sumer tion trade unions Webb women Women's Co-operative Guild workers working-class World
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