02276oam 2200541zu 450 991087246700332120241212215246.0(CKB)1000000000022060(SSID)ssj0000396107(PQKBManifestationID)12119390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000396107(PQKBWorkID)10473887(PQKB)10828945(EXLCZ)99100000000002206020160829d2003 uy engtxtccrSCIMA 2003 : 2003 IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing in Instrumentation, Measuremment and Related Applications : Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA, 17 May, 2003[Place of publication not identified]IEEE2003Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780780377110 0780377117 Soft computingIndustrial applicationsCongressesElectric power systemsData processingCongressesNeural networks (Computer science)Industrial applicationsCongressesFuzzy systemsCongressesEvolutionary computationCongressesEngineering & Applied SciencesHILCCComputer ScienceHILCCSoft computingIndustrial applicationsElectric power systemsData processingNeural networks (Computer science)Industrial applicationsFuzzy systemsEvolutionary computationEngineering & Applied SciencesComputer Science006.3IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement SocietyIEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society TC-22--Intelligent Measurement Systems.Brigham Young UniversityIEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing Techniques in Instrumentation, Measurement and Related ApplicationsPQKBPROCEEDING9910872467003321SCIMA 2003 : 2003 IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing in Instrumentation, Measuremment and Related Applications : Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA, 17 May, 20032543980UNINA04667nam 2200793 a 450 991095738010332120200520144314.09786611965969978128196596712819659609780226525921022652592910.7208/9780226525921(CKB)1000000000578287(EBL)408437(OCoLC)436148430(SSID)ssj0000235718(PQKBManifestationID)11924771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235718(PQKBWorkID)10163325(PQKB)11246778(StDuBDS)EDZ0000119105(MiAaPQ)EBC408437(DE-B1597)523511(OCoLC)781254515(DE-B1597)9780226525921(Au-PeEL)EBL408437(CaPaEBR)ebr10265953(CaONFJC)MIL196596(OCoLC)646784231(Perlego)1853461(EXLCZ)99100000000057828720050829d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReluctant capitalists bookselling and the culture of consumption /Laura J. Miller1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (328 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226525907 0226525902 Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.Commercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul : bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer : selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer : the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer : selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers : independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer : consumption as politics.Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. And as in other areas of retail, this transformation has often been a less-than-smooth process. This has been especially pronounced in bookselling, argues Laura J. Miller, because more than most other consumer goods, books are the focus of passionate debate. What drives that debate? And why do so many people believe that bookselling should be immune to questions of profit? In Reluctant Capitalists, Miller looks at a century of book retailing, demonstrating that the independent/chain dynamic is not entirely new. It began one hundred years ago when department stores began selling books, continued through the 1960's with the emergence of national chain stores, and exploded with the formation of "superstores" in the 1990's. The advent of the Internet has further spurred tremendous changes in how booksellers approach their business. All of these changes have met resistance from book professionals and readers who believe that the book business should somehow be "above" market forces and instead embrace more noble priorities. Miller uses interviews with bookstore customers and members of the book industry to explain why books evoke such distinct and heated reactions. She reveals why customers have such fierce loyalty to certain bookstores and why they identify so strongly with different types of books. In the process, she also teases out the meanings of retailing and consumption in American culture at large, underscoring her point that any type of consumer behavior is inevitably political, with consequences for communities as well as commercial institutions.Booksellers and booksellingUnited StatesBookstoresUnited StatesBooksPurchasingUnited StatesBooks and readingUnited StatesConsumption (Economics)Social aspectsUnited StatesConsumer behaviorUnited StatesBooksellers and booksellingBookstoresBooksPurchasingBooks and readingConsumption (Economics)Social aspectsConsumer behavior381/.45002/0973Miller Laura J1600173MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957380103321Reluctant capitalists4359368UNINA