Prosperity for all [electronic resource] : consumer activism in an era of globalization / Matthew Hilton.

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Hilton, Matthew

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ProQuest (Firm)

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TextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 315 p. : ill., mapSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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381.3/4 22

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HC79.C63 H55 2009

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Contents:

Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-305) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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