Abundance : buying and selling in postwar Australia / Amanda McLeod.
Abundance : buying and selling in postwar Australia / Amanda McLeod.
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Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007.
Date
2007.
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330.994/84
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 348 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Caveat emptor (let the buyer beware)--Era of abundance--Opportunities unlimited--New and improved--All consumers are rational--'Pseudo-scientific hokus pokus'--Quality control--Caveat venditor (let the seller beware)
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Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
Love it or loathe it, if we want to understand our current culture of accumulation we need to go back to where it all began. This book comprehensively examines the attempts to define, understand, influence and protect the consumer in postwar Australia. It spans the 'long boom' when an abundance of consumer goods exploded onto the market.--publisher...
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Abundance : buying and selling in postwar Australia / Amanda McLeod.
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Valid ISBN 1740971310 on back cover.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [312] - 334.
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330.994/84
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74VKObDR5xDA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKObDR5xDA
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ISBN
1740971310
9781740971317
DDC
330.994 339.47
MMS ID
991022604579702626
