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I want that! : how we all became shoppers
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I want that! : how we all became shoppers

Author: Thomas Hine
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Traces the history of material acquisition and how it reflects culture, discussing the psychological factors that result in the human desire to acquire things.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Hine
ISBN: 0060185112 9780060185114
OCLC Number: 51094629
Description: xvii, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: what makes people shop? --
Power: why we want objects and how they change us --
Responsibility: why women take shopping seriously --
Discovery: in the market among strangers --
Self-expression: the blossoming of the buyosphere --
Insecurity: fashion and the quest for a great buy --
Attention: sellers, buyers, and the worlds they make --
Belonging: taste, lifestyle, and buying to fit in --
Celebration: spending Christmas with family --
Convenience: efficiency, branding, and the tangled lives of shoppers --
Afterword: the future of shopping.
Responsibility: Thomas Hine.
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Traces the history of material acquisition and how it reflects culture, discussing the psychological factors that result in the human desire to acquire things.

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