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100	1		_aStearns, Peter N.
245	1	0	_aConsumerism in world history : _bthe global transformation of desire / _cPeter H. Stearns.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2001.
300			_axi, 147 p. ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aThemes in world history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Preface ix -- Acknowledgments xii --1 Before consumerism 1 --PART I : The emergence of consumerism in the West 13 -- 2 The emergence of consumerism 15 -- 3 The first causes of consumerism 25 -- 4 Consumerism across the Atlantic: an early imitation 37 -- 5 The explosion of consumerism in Western Europe and the United States 44 -- 6 The dark side of Western consumerism 61 --PART II : Consumerism goes global 73 -- 7 Consumerism in Russia 75 -- 8 Consumerism in East Asia 83 -- 9 Consumerism in Africa 101 -- 10 Consumerism in the Islamic Middle East 112 -- PART III : Consumerism toward the new century 123 -- 11 Consumerism in the contemporary world 125 -- 12 Conclusion: who wins - consumerism or consumers? 137 --Index 143.
650		0	_aConsumption (Economics) _xHistory.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/00054875.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/00054875-d.html
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