| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Consumerism in twentieth-century Britain/ Matthew Hilton. |
| Reminder of title: |
the search for a historical movement / |
| remainder title: |
Consumerism in 20th century Britain |
| Author: |
Hilton, Matthew. |
| Published: |
Cambridge, UK ;Cambridge University Press, : 2003., |
| Description: |
xiii, 382 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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. |
| Subject: |
Consumer protection - History - 20th century. - Great Britain - |
| Subject: |
Great Britain - Economic conditions - 20th century. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=120595An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0511063016 (electronic bk.) |