Michael Dawson

Selling Out or Buying In?

Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985

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Produktbeschreibung

Selling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumersâ access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781487521868
• ISBN-10: 1487521863
• Artikelnr.: 47969088

Autorenporträt

Michael Dawson is Professor of History and Associate Vice-President (Research) at St. Thomas University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Santa’s Lament
Chapter 1 Conflict: Restricting & Liberalizing Store Hours
Chapter 2 Community: Tourism, Leisure, and the Quest for Civic Prosperity
Chapter 3 Leverage: The Rhetoric and Reality of Chain Store Dominance
Chapter 4 Morality: Women, Families & Consumer Convenience
Chapter 5 Regulation: Evasion and Enforcement
Chapter 6 Ideology: The Cold War and the Public Sphere
Chapter 7 Religion: Sunday Shopping’s Multiple Battlegrounds
Conclusion
Bibliography