Going Shopping : Consumer Choices and Community Consequences

by Ann Satterthwaite

• ISBN13: 9780300084214
• ISBN10: 0300084218
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-12-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

We are how we shop. From Mesopotamian merchants and the fairs of medieval Europe to marble palace department stores and now Wal-Mart and the Internet, social, cultural, economic, and moral forces have shaped our shopping. In this engaging and generously illustrated book, Ann Satterthwaite traces the history of shopping and considers its meaning and significance.

Author Biography

Ann Satterthwaite is a city planner in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Shopping Through the Ages: How Rarities Become Commonplace	8	(56)
Shopping: A Community Activity	64	(54)
Shoppers: Matching Dreams with Realities	118	(53)
What's in Store? Shopping in the Future	171	(70)
Pinning for Shopping: An Insurance Policy for Community Well-Being	241	(65)
Shopping: A Public Concern	306	(41)
Notes	347	(14)
Bibliography	361	(14)
Acknowledgments	375	(2)
Index	377	(10)
Illustration Credits	387