Longing and belonging : parents, children, and consumer culture /
Pugh, Allison J.
Longing and belonging : parents, children, and consumer culture / - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xvii, 301 p. : 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on children every year, yet most Americans decry the materialism of modern childhoods. In this work, Allison Pugh teases out the complex factors that contribute to this spending boom.
9780520258433 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520258433: £32.95 0520258436 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520258440 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520258444 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008037216
Consumer behavior--Social aspects--California--Case studies.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--California--Case studies.
Child consumers--California--Case studies.
Parent and child--California--Case studies.
306.309794 / PUG
Longing and belonging : parents, children, and consumer culture / - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. - xvii, 301 p. : 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on children every year, yet most Americans decry the materialism of modern childhoods. In this work, Allison Pugh teases out the complex factors that contribute to this spending boom.
9780520258433 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520258433: £32.95 0520258436 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520258440 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520258444 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008037216
Consumer behavior--Social aspects--California--Case studies.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--California--Case studies.
Child consumers--California--Case studies.
Parent and child--California--Case studies.
306.309794 / PUG