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Author Warnes, Andrew, 1974- author.

Title How the shopping cart explains global consumerism / Andrew Warnes
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Entrance -- Inside views -- Aristocratic baskets -- In the supermarket -- The late cart -- Carts unchained -- Exit
Summary "Picture a familiar scene: long lines of shoppers waiting to check out at the grocery store, carts filled to the brim with the week's food. While many might wonder what is in each cart, Andrew Warnes implores us to consider the symbolism of the cart itself. In his inventive new book, Warnes examines how the everyday shopping cart is connected to a complex web of of food production and consumption that has spread from the United States throughout the world. Today, shopping carts represent choice and individual autonomy for consumers, a recognizable American way of life that has become a global phenomenon. This succinct and and accessible book provides an excellent overview of consumerism and the globalization of American culture that is relevant to numerous fields of study"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Shopping carts -- United States
Consumption (Economics) -- United States
Shopping -- United States
Merchandising -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
HISTORY -- World.
Consumption (Economics)
Merchandising
Shopping
Shopping carts
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018029538
ISBN 9780520968097
0520968093