American Consumer Culture, Fall 2001
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Author: Jacobs, Meg
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Institution Name:
M.I.T.
Collection Name: MIT OpenCourseWare
Abstract: Examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. Explores how such things as department stores, advertising, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics.
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Course Type: Full Course
Material Types: Assessments, Homework and Assignments, Syllabi
Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs
Language: English
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