00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611543020 Buklod 20250509093235.0 m o j ta 250509s2010 cau go j eng d 9781446251300 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00241005877 DLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC HC 79 C6 S63 2010eb Smart, Barry author. Consumer society critical issues and environmental consequences Barry Smart. Los Angeles, Calif. Sage 2010. 1 online resource (256 pages) illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-252) and index. Consuming: Historical and Conceptual Issues -- Consumer Choice: Rhetoric and Reality -- Cultivating Consumers: Advertising, Marketing, and Branding -- Designing Obsolescence, Promoting Consumer Demand -- Globalization and Modern Consumer Culture -- Consequences of Consumerism -- An Unsustainable All-Consuming World -- Consuming Futures I: Business as Usual -- Consuming Futures II: 'Green' and Sustainable Alternatives. "Has consumer culture got out of hand? Are the costs of universal access and pollution too great to bear?This comprehensive, lively and informative book will quickly be recognized as a benchmark in the field. It brings together a huge set of resources for thinking about consumer culture and examining its origins and consequences within a global context. Adept in handling a complex range of theories, Consumer Society scrupulously uses examples throughout to inform and enhance understanding. Smart writes with verve and feeling and has produced a book that simultaneously covers and enlarges our understanding of consumer culture. Clear, engaging and original, this book will be important reading for all those interested in our global culture of consumption including students of sociology, social geography and cultural studies."-Provided by publisher. Also available in print version. Consumption (Economics) Social aspects. SAGE Knowledge (Online service). Available for the University of the Philippines System via SAGE Knowledge. Click here to access http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446251300 (viewed 21 November 2017) FO UPD DMLS Electronic Resource