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Library Bookwatch, August, 2005
Point Of Purchase
Sharon Zukin
Routledge
270 Madison Ave., New York NY 10016
0415950430 $18.95 1-800-634-7064
Modern shopping has changed American culture itself, moving consumer patterns from small public shops and mail-order to big online sites--but social critic Sharon Zukin doesn't condemn modern Americans for their new choices. Rather, Point Of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture focuses on the evolution of these patterns and why shopping has become central to the American lifestyle--and representative of the American dream. An intriguing history.
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