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035 _a(OCoLC)148646206
_a(BD-DhEWU)7293
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_beng
041 _aeng
050 0 0 _aZ471
_b.M64 2006
082 0 4 _a381.450020973
_bMIR 2006
100 1 _aMiller, Laura J.
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245 1 0 _aReluctant capitalists :
_bbookselling and the culture of consumption /
_cLaura J. Miller.
260 _aChicago ;
_aLondon :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2006.
300 _ax, 316 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index.
505 0 _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.
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
650 0 _aBooksellers and bookselling
_zUnited States.
_92702
650 0 _aBookstores
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aBooks
_xPurchasing
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aBooks and reading
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aConsumption (Economics)
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
_92706
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
_zUnited States.
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856 4 2 _3WorldCat details
_uhttp://www.worldcat.org/title/reluctant-capitalists-bookselling-and-the-culture-of-consumption/oclc/148646206&referer=brief_results
856 4 2 _3E-book Fulltext
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