TY - BOOK AU - Hilton,Matthew ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Prosperity for all: consumer activism in an era of globalization AV - HC79.C63 H55 2009 U1 - 381.3/4 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Consumer protection KW - Political aspects KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Consumer satisfaction KW - Consumer behavior KW - Globalization KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-305) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nird-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3138161 ER -