02878nam 2200661 a 450 991080914720332120240516222044.00-8039-9069-31-4522-4311-51-4522-4666-1(CKB)2560000000089808(EBL)997038(OCoLC)809773838(SSID)ssj0000704927(PQKBManifestationID)12302243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704927(PQKBWorkID)10618607(PQKB)11179578(SSID)ssj0000697346(PQKBManifestationID)12277520(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697346(PQKBWorkID)10691546(PQKB)11642720(MiAaPQ)EBC997038(OCoLC)808377019(StDuBDS)EDZ0000062082(EXLCZ)99256000000008980820120307d1995 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExpressing America a critique of the global credit card society /George Ritzer1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. ;London :Pine Forge,1995.1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages)The Pine Forge Press social science library1-322-42098-X 0-8039-9044-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-230) and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Credit Card: Private Troubles and Public Issues; Chapter 2 - Socio-History of the Credit Card: We Probably won't Recognize the Credit Card Field by the End of the Century; Chapter 3 - Credit Card Debt: Beware the Plastic Loan Shark; Chapter 4 - Credit Card Fraud: Screw You, Mac-I Got Mine; Chapter 5 - Secrecy, Privacy, and Credit Cards: Who isn't in Their Files?; Chapter 6 - Credit Cards, Fast-Food Restaurants, and Rationalization: All You Need is 42 Digits to Make One Long-Distance Phone Call; Chapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the World; Appendix; Endnotes; IndexIn this book the author explains what the credit card tells us, both good and bad, about the essence of the modern US and why and how the credit card is helping to transform much of the world.Pine Forge Press social science library.Credit cardsSocial aspectsUnited StatesConsumption (Economics)United StatesConsumer creditUnited StatesCredit cardsSocial aspectsConsumption (Economics)Consumer credit332.7650973Ritzer George128088StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910809147203321Expressing America4031906UNINA