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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815244603321

Autore

Mullins Paul R. <1962->

Titolo

The archaeology of consumer culture / / Paul R. Mullins ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2011

ISBN

0-8130-4036-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 212 p. : ill

Collana

The American experience in archaeological perspective

Disciplina

306.4/60973

Soggetti

Material culture - United States

Social archaeology - United States

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects - United States - History

Materialism - Social aspects - United States - History

Archaeology and history - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : toward a historical archaeology of consumption -- The faces of wealth : archaeologies of status, affluence, and poverty -- Emulation and desire : the mechanisms of consumer demand -- Consuming morals, materialism, and refinement -- Consuming politics and identity -- The materiality of domesticity and Victorian marketing -- Conclusion : archaeologies of consumption.

Sommario/riassunto

Americans have long identified themselves with material goods. In this study, Paul Mullins sifts through this continent's historical archaeological record to trace the evolution of North American consumer culture.