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Longing and belonging : parents, children, and consumer culture /
By: Pugh, Allison J.
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008Description: xvii, 301 p. : 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780520258433 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520258433:; 0520258436 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520258440 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520258444 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Consumer behavior -- Social aspects -- California -- Case studies | Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- California -- Case studies | Child consumers -- California -- Case studies | Parent and child -- California -- Case studiesDDC classification: 306.309794 Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.