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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820087903321

Autore

Holbrook Morris B

Titolo

Consumer research : introspective essays on the study of consumption / / Morris B. Holbrook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE, c1995

ISBN

1-4522-4743-9

1-4833-2733-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 419 p.) : ill

Disciplina

658.834

Soggetti

Consumers - Research

Consumer behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-399) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 - A Brief History of Morris the Cat""; ""Chapter 2 - Theory Development is a Jazz Solo""; ""Chapter 3 - On Hatching a Program of Consumer Research""; ""Chapter 4 - What is Consumer Research?""; ""Chapter 5 - O, Consumer, How You've Changed""; ""Chapter 6 - Whither Consumer Research?""; ""Chapter 7 - Romanticism, Subjective Personal Introspection, and Morris the Epicurean""; ""Chapter 8 - The Role of Lyricism in Consumer Research""; ""Chapter 9 - Dogmatism and Catastrophe in the Development of Marketing Thought""; ""Chapter 10 - I'm HIP""

""Chapter 11 - Epilogue""""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays provides a personal, thought-provoking and often humorous documentation of the evolution of the field of consumer research. The book highlights aspects of hotly debated issues that surround this field of inquiry, and presents a picture of how consumer research has grown and developed over the past 25 years.