Consumption / Robert Bocock.
By: Bocock, Robert
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Material type: 
BookSeries: Key ideas.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993Description: xii, 131 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0415069629.Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) | Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 339.47 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 339.47 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015880 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book analyzes the main post-war features of consumption. It traces the historical development of consumption and discusses the major contributions made by sociologists in discussing the subject. Robert Bocock is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Open University.
Bibliography: (pages 120-126) and indexes.
Introduction -- The emergence of modern consumerism -- Theorising consumption -- Consumption and the symbolic -- Desires, identity and consumption -- Conclusion.