02156cam a2200409Ka 4500 56588 20230410105413.0 070911s2007 ilu 000 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocn170919512 EUE EUE (OCoLC)170919512 HB 801 M648r 2007 Miller, Laura J. Reluctant capitalists : bookselling and the culture of consumption / Laura J. Miller. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. x, 316 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-297) and index. Commercial 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. Consumption (Economics) Social aspects United States. Consumer behavior United States. Booksellers and bookselling United States. Bookstores United States. Books Purchasing United States. Books and reading United States. Libraires Etats-Unis. Librairie Etats-Unis. Librairies Etats-Unis. Livres Achat Etats-Unis. Livres et lecture Etats-Unis. Consommation (Economie politique) Aspect social Etats-Unis. Consommateurs Comportement Etats-Unis. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024219.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2005024219-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2005024219-d.html lcc bk C0 DRFGD 36005 36005 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HB 801 M648r 2007 00000058401 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk