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- catalog abstract ""Keeping Up with the Joneses traces how attitudes about envy changed as department stores, mail-order catalogs, magazines, movies, and advertising became more prevalent, and the mass production of imitation luxury goods offered middle- and working-class individuals the opportunity to emulate the upper-class life. Between 1890 and 1910 moralists sought to tame envy and emulation in order to uphold a moral economy and preserve social order. They criticized the liberal-capitalist preoccupation with personal striving and advancement and praised the virtue of contentment. They admonished the bourgeoisie to be satisfied with their circumstances and cease yearning for their neighbors' possessions. After 1910 more secular commentators gained ground, repudiating the doctrine of contentment and rejecting the notion that there were divinely ordained limits on what each class should possess. They encouraged everyone to pursue the objects of desire. Envy was no longer a sin but a valuable economic stimulant."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12663895.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Keeping Up with the Joneses traces how attitudes about envy changed as department stores, mail-order catalogs, magazines, movies, and advertising became more prevalent, and the mass production of imitation luxury goods offered middle- and working-class individuals the opportunity to emulate the upper-class life. Between 1890 and 1910 moralists sought to tame envy and emulation in order to uphold a moral economy and preserve social order. They criticized the liberal-capitalist preoccupation with personal striving and advancement and praised the virtue of contentment. They admonished the bourgeoisie to be satisfied with their circumstances and cease yearning for their neighbors' possessions. After 1910 more secular commentators gained ground, repudiating the doctrine of contentment and rejecting the notion that there were divinely ordained limits on what each class should possess. They encouraged everyone to pursue the objects of desire. Envy was no longer a sin but a valuable economic stimulant."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "City women and the quest for status -- Envy in the office -- "The prizes of life lie away from the farm" -- Coming of age in consumer society.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-214) and index.".
- catalog extent "223 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0812236866 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "303.3/72/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Consumption (Economics) Social aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Envy Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "HN90.M6 M37 2003".
- catalog subject "Social change United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Social status United States History.".
- catalog subject "Social values United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "City women and the quest for status -- Envy in the office -- "The prizes of life lie away from the farm" -- Coming of age in consumer society.".
- catalog title "Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 / Susan J. Matt.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".