Consumerism in twentieth-century Britain : the search for a historical movement
"This book is the first comprehensive history of consumerism as an organised social and political movement. Matthew Hilton offers a ground-breaking account of consumer movements, ideologies and organisations in twentieth-century Britain. He argues that in organisations such as the Co-operative movement and the Consumers' Association individual concern with what and how we spend our wages led to forms of political engagement too often overlooked in existing accounts of twentieth-century history. He explores how the consumer and consumerism came to be regarded by many as a third force in society with the potential to free politics from the perceived stranglehold of the self-interested actions of employers and trade unions. Finally he recovers the visions of countless consumer activists who saw in consumption a genuine force for liberation for women, the working class and new social movements as well as a set of ideas often deliberately excluded from more established political organisations."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2003
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2003
Electronic books
xiii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521831291, 9780521538534, 9786610161614, 0521831296, 052153853X, 6610161615
51942551
Socialism, co-operation, free trade and fair trade : the politics of consumption in the nineteenth century
Revolutionary shoppers : the Consumers' Council and scarcity in World War One
The right to live : consumer 'ideology' in inter-war Britain
The price of depression : consumer politics in inter-war Britain
Austerity to affluence : the twilight of the politics of necessity
The new consumer : good housewives and enlightened businessmen
The professionals : the origins of the organised consumer movement
Individualism enshrined : the state and the consumer in the 1960s
The right to shop : consumerism and the economy
The duty of citizens : consumerism and society
Affluence or effluence : globalisation and ethical consumerism
The quantity or the quality of choice
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