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Getting and Spending: European and American Consumer Societies in the Twentieth Century (Publications of the ...

Cambridge University Press, 1998

The history of consumption is a prism through which many aspects of social and political life may be viewed. The essays in this collection represent a variety of approaches and raise such themes as consumption and democracy, the development of a global economy, the role of the state, the centrality of consumption to Cold War politics, the importance of the Second World War as a historical divide, the language of consumption, the contexts of ...

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2 reviews
Susan Strasser

Pantheon, 1990

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Strasser's book is carefully researched and is devoted to an examination of the American mass market which emerges out of the growth of mass production techniques. Her use of advertising documents the shift from product-based to consumer-based ads that was necessary to establish a national market.

Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash

4 reviews
Susan Strasser

Holt Paperbacks, 2000

A Treasure based on Trash
Exceptionally fine read! Discusses with fascinating clarity what, on the surface, would appear to be a repellant subject. American History has a whole new meaning. This book answers the unspoken questions of "what DID they do with...." in an orderly, systematic yet very interesting way. Who would have known garbage could be so riveting? Well written, without technical jargon and extremely ...

Commodifying Everything: Relationships of the Market (Hagley Center Studies in the History of Business and ...
Susan Strasser

Routledge, 2003

"Commodification" refers most explicitly to the activities of turning things into commodities and of commercializing that which is not commercial in essence. The mass marketing of pets, the rise of the coffin industry, the conversion of preacher into salesmen, and the globalization of Taleggio cheese are some of the exciting but surprising topics in this volume that show how friendship, death, spirituality, and artisanship all have a price after ...

Never Done

6 reviews
Susan Strasser

Pantheon, 1982

Fascinating history
This book is a history of American housework, covering common household tasks, related equipment, and the people called on to do the work. The main topics of the book include food production and processing, food preparation and the evolution of cookstoves, home heating and lighting, the spread of domestic gas and electricity services, water supplies and plumbing, laundry, weaving and sewing, ...

Washington: Images of a State's Heritage

1 review
Carlos Schwantes, Katherine Morrissey, ...

Melior Pubns, 1988

Washington:Images of a State Heritage
This book covers the state of Washington in words and vivid dramatic images. The writers spent several years researching the materisl for this written account which has many never before published photos. (black and color) Everyday activities like shopping, the advent of the automobile age, profiles of the first inhabitants as well as settlers are extensively covered in the text. The book traces ...

Who Built America? Working People and the Nation's Economy, Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 2: Since ...

5 reviews
Nelson Lichtenstein, Susan Strasser, ...

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000

An excellent resource
When I saw this book, I bought it straightaway, because labor history gets short-shrift in American society. I'm sorry to see it's out-of-stock, but am unsurprised. While this book is fairly mainstream in its orientation, it is very readable and thorough, covering the struggle of working people through the late 1800s to the early 1990s. I consider this book a good starting point for people ...

Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany: A Dialogue in Documents, 1885-1933

Cornell University Press, 1999

Women reformers in the United States and Germany maintained a brisk dialogue between 1885 and 1933. Drawing on one another's expertise, they sought to alleviate a wide array of social injustices generated by industrial capitalism, such as child labor and the exploitation of women in the workplace. This book presents and interprets documents from that exchange, most previously unknown to historians, which show how these interactions reflected the ...