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    Book
    Book
    Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press
    ISBN: 9780226664354
    Language: English
    Pages: 388 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln , Illustrationen , 24 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 688.7260973
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Alltagskultur ; Massenkonsum ; Gesellschaft ; Billigware ; USA ; Novelties / United States / History ; Novelties / Social aspects / United States ; Consumption (Economics) / Social aspects / United States ; Material culture / United States ; United States / Civilization ; USA ; Massenkonsum ; Billigware ; Alltagskultur ; Gesellschaft ; Geschichte
    Abstract: "Wendy Woloson considers seriously the detritus of everyday consumerist Western lives--a category that comprises objects that function as art, jokes, tools, embodiments of fantasies, cultural signifiers, status symbols, and much more; a.k.a. "crap." She seeks to use these possessions to illuminate our society, culture, and economy. Why do we--as individuals and as a culture--have these things? Where do they come from, and why do we want them? In her words, this investigation "brings together material culture, consumer culture, behavioral economics, cultural economics, the histories of industrialization, capitalism and international trade, among other disciplines." Also, there's a Lightning Sausage"--
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press
    ISBN: 9780801868764
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (296 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Refined Tastes : Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America
    DDC: 306.3097309034
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Refining Tastes""; ""Chapter One: Sugarcoating History: The Rise of Sweets""; ""Capter Two: Sweet Youth: Children and Candy""; ""Chapter Three: Cold Comforts: Ice Cream""; ""Chapter Four: Sinfully Sweet: Chocolates and Bonbons""; ""Chapter Five: The Icing on the Cake: Ornamental SugarWork""; ""Chapter Six: Home Sweet Home: Domesticated Sugar""; ""Conclusion: The Sweet Surrender""; ""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
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  • 3
    Book
    Book
    Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press
    ISBN: 9780226824079
    Language: English
    Pages: 388 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln , Illustrationen , 24 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 688.7260973
    RVK:
    RVK:
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Alltagskultur ; Billigware ; Massenkonsum ; Gesellschaft ; USA ; Novelties / United States / History ; Novelties / Social aspects / United States ; Consumption (Economics) / Social aspects / United States ; Material culture / United States ; United States / Civilization ; USA ; Massenkonsum ; Billigware ; Alltagskultur ; Gesellschaft ; Geschichte
    Abstract: "Wendy Woloson considers seriously the detritus of everyday consumerist Western lives--a category that comprises objects that function as art, jokes, tools, embodiments of fantasies, cultural signifiers, status symbols, and much more; a.k.a. "crap." She seeks to use these possessions to illuminate our society, culture, and economy. Why do we--as individuals and as a culture--have these things? Where do they come from, and why do we want them? In her words, this investigation "brings together material culture, consumer culture, behavioral economics, cultural economics, the histories of industrialization, capitalism and international trade, among other disciplines." Also, there's a Lightning Sausage"--
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