Reluctant capitalists: bookselling and the culture of consumption
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Beteilige Person: Miller, Laura J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2006
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index
Commercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul : bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer : selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer : the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer : selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers : independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer : consumption as politics
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Looking at a century of book retailing, this text demonstrates that the independent/chain dynamic is not entirely new
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (x, 316 pages)
ISBN:9780226525921
0226525929
9780226525907
0226525902