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- catalog abstract ""One Nation under Goods is a browser's paradise; to understand America's obsession with consumption, you need to make a trip to the mall with James Farrell as your guide." "This analysis of the hidden secrets of the shopping mall explains how retail designers make shopping and goods "irresistible." Architects, chain stores and mall owners beguile us into shopping, using signs, symbols, mirrors, mannequins, escalators, potted plants, and many other covert enticements. From food courts and fountains to Santa and security, Farrell explains how malls influence their patrons and convince us that shopping is always fun." "Most important, One Nation under Goods shows why the mall's ultimate promise - happiness through shopping - is largely an illusion. Malls have clear moral, environmental, and political costs. They wreak havoc on our environment, use low-wage labor from developing countries to produce affordable goods, and push people into massive debt and bankruptcy. But Farrell does not just have a list of complaints, he also offers clear-headed advice for becoming a smarter and more conscientious shopper."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12974984.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""One Nation under Goods is a browser's paradise; to understand America's obsession with consumption, you need to make a trip to the mall with James Farrell as your guide." "This analysis of the hidden secrets of the shopping mall explains how retail designers make shopping and goods "irresistible." Architects, chain stores and mall owners beguile us into shopping, using signs, symbols, mirrors, mannequins, escalators, potted plants, and many other covert enticements. From food courts and fountains to Santa and security, Farrell explains how malls influence their patrons and convince us that shopping is always fun." "Most important, One Nation under Goods shows why the mall's ultimate promise - happiness through shopping - is largely an illusion. Malls have clear moral, environmental, and political costs. They wreak havoc on our environment, use low-wage labor from developing countries to produce affordable goods, and push people into massive debt and bankruptcy. But Farrell does not just have a list of complaints, he also offers clear-headed advice for becoming a smarter and more conscientious shopper."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-320) and index.".
- catalog description "Part One. Producing consumption: how malls prepare for us -- Inventing malls -- Designing malls -- The nature of malls -- Retail designs -- -- Part Two. Producing consumers: how we learn to shop -- Home shopping -- Hanging out at the mall -- Christmas shopping -- -- Part Three. Mallpractices: what we do at the mall -- Just looking -- Shopping for the fun of it -- Making a purchase -- -- Part Four. It's a mall world, after all -- The politics of no politics -- The world in a shopping mall -- Shopping center world -- Shopping for a better world".
- catalog extent "xxi, 329 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1588341526 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "381/.1 21".
- catalog subject "HF5430.3 .F37 2003".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States History.".
- catalog subject "Shopping centers United States History.".
- catalog subject "Shopping malls United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part One. Producing consumption: how malls prepare for us -- Inventing malls -- Designing malls -- The nature of malls -- Retail designs -- -- Part Two. Producing consumers: how we learn to shop -- Home shopping -- Hanging out at the mall -- Christmas shopping -- -- Part Three. Mallpractices: what we do at the mall -- Just looking -- Shopping for the fun of it -- Making a purchase -- -- Part Four. It's a mall world, after all -- The politics of no politics -- The world in a shopping mall -- Shopping center world -- Shopping for a better world".
- catalog title "One nation under goods : malls and the seductions of American shopping / James J. Farrell.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".