One nation under goods : malls and the seductions of American shopping / James J. Farrell.
By: Farrell, James J.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, c2010Description: xxi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1588342921; 9781588342928.Subject(s): Popular culture -- United States -- History | Shopping centers -- United States -- History | Shopping malls -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HF5430.3 .F37 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000001179 |
Originally published: 2003
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-320) and index.
Part One. Producing consumption: how malls prepare for us -- Inventing malls -- Designing malls -- The nature of malls -- Retail designs -- -- Part Two. Producing consumers: how we learn to shop -- Home shopping -- Hanging out at the mall -- Christmas shopping -- -- Part Three. Mallpractices: what we do at the mall -- Just looking -- Shopping for the fun of it -- Making a purchase -- -- Part Four. It's a mall world, after all -- The politics of no politics -- The world in a shopping mall -- Shopping center world -- Shopping for a better world