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200 10$aExplorations in the sociology of consumption$b[electronic resource] $efast food, credit cards and casinos /$fGeorge Ritzer
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon $cSAGE$dc2001
215   $a1 online resource (x, 257 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-4462-2080-X 
311   $a0-7619-7119-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Writing to be Read; Chapter 2 - The Irrationality of Rationality; Chapter 3 - Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization; Chapter 4 - The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services; Chapter 5 - Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society; Chapter 6 - Enchanting a disenchanted; Chapter 7 - Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumption
327   $aChapter 8 - Globalization theory: Lessons from the exportation of McDonaldization and the new means of consumptionChapter 9 - The new means of consumption and the situationist perspective; Chapter 10 - Thorstein Veblen in the age of hyperconsumption; Chapter 11 - Obscene from any angle: Fast food, credit cards, casinos and consumers; References; Index
330 8 $aContaining ideas and insights, this text shows how new processes of consumption relate to globalization theory. It discusses the work of Thorstein and Veblen to unearth the fundamental problems of consumption in older sociological traditions.
606   $aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects
606   $aConsumer behavior$xSocial aspects
615  0$aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects.
615  0$aConsumer behavior$xSocial aspects.
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