1993, ISBN: 0691025991

Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to p… Plus…

Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to purchase. Stanley Lebergott maintains that the average consumer has behaved more reasonably than many distinguished critics of "materialism" have suggested. He sees consumers seeking to make an uncertain and often cruel world into a pleasanter and more convenient place--and, for the most part, succeeding. With refreshing common sense, he reminds us of what many "luxuries" have meant, especially for women: increased income since 1900 has been used largely to lighten the backbreaking labor once required by household chores. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. 20th century,business,business and investing,consumer behavior,economic history,economics,history,macroeconomics,marketing and sales,modern (16th-21st centuries) Marketing & Sales, Princeton University Press<

ISBN: 9780691025995

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1996, ISBN: 9780691025995

Softcover book. 208 pages. Published by Princeton University Press (1996) Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]

ISBN: 9780691025995

Softcover book. 208 pages. Published by Princeton University Press Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]