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Prosperity for all [electronic resource] : consumer activism in an era of globalization / Matthew Hilton.

By:

Hilton, Matthew

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 315 p. : ill., mapSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

381.3/4 22

LOC classification:

HC79.C63 H55 2009eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Strathmore University (Main Library) Online Resource		Link to resource	Not for loan

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-305) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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