LEADER 02967nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910480299403321 005 20170815165828.0 010 $a0-8039-9069-3 010 $a1-4522-4311-5 010 $a1-4522-4666-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089808 035 $a(EBL)997038 035 $a(OCoLC)809773838 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000704927 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12302243 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704927 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10618607 035 $a(PQKB)11179578 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000697346 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12277520 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000697346 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10691546 035 $a(PQKB)11642720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC997038 035 $a(OCoLC)808377019 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000062082 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089808 100 $a20120307d1995 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExpressing America$b[electronic resource] $ea critique of the global credit card society /$fGeorge Ritzer 210 $aThousand Oaks, Calif. ;$aLondon $cPine Forge$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aThe Pine Forge Press social science library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-42098-X 311 $a0-8039-9044-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-230) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 7 - An American Express: The Culture that Conquered the WorldAppendix; Endnotes; Index 330 8 $aIn this book the author explains what the credit card tells us, both good and bad, about the essence of the modern US and why and how the credit card is helping to transform much of the world. 410 0$aPine Forge Press social science library. 606 $aCredit cards$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCredit cards$xSocial aspects 606 $aConsumer credit$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCredit cards$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCredit cards$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aConsumer credit 676 $a332.765 676 $a332.7650973 700 $aRitzer$b George$0128088 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480299403321 996 $aExpressing America$92468806 997 $aUNINA