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_aMiller, Laura J. _92701 |
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_aReluctant capitalists : _bbookselling and the culture of consumption / _cLaura J. Miller. |
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_aChicago ; _aLondon : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2006. |
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_ax, 316 p. ; _c24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index. | ||
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_tTOC _aCommercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul: bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer: selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer: the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer: selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers: independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer: consumption as politics. |
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| 520 | _aBookselling has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Yet unlike other retail industries, bookselling should be "above" questions of profit. This work investigates what drives this belief and how it is affected by the changing retail environment. | ||
| 526 | _aSociology | ||
| 590 | _aTahur Ahmed | ||
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_aBooksellers and bookselling _zUnited States. _92702 |
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_aBookstores _zUnited States. _92703 |
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_aBooks _xPurchasing _zUnited States. _92704 |
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_aBooks and reading _zUnited States. _92705 |
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_aConsumption (Economics) _xSocial aspects _zUnited States. _92706 |
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_aConsumer behavior _zUnited States. _92707 |
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_3WorldCat details _uhttp://www.worldcat.org/title/reluctant-capitalists-bookselling-and-the-culture-of-consumption/oclc/148646206&referer=brief_results |
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