Capitalism's Eye - Cultural Spaces of the Commodity (Paperback, New Ed)

Capitalism's Eye is an extremely ambitious cultural history of how people experienced commodities in the era of industrial expansion. Writing against the dominant argument that the 'society of the spectacle' emerged fully formed in the mid-nineteenth century, Kevin Hetherington explains that the emergence of a culture of mass consumption dominated by visual experience was a much slower process, not truly ascendant until after the First World War. Looking at the department stores, home life, and the great exhibitions around the turn of the last century, Capitalism's Eye promises to transform how we understand both the cultural history of capitalism in America and Europe and the historical roots of the mediated spectacle that dominates our world today.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cultural Spaces
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	2004
Authors:	Kevin Hetherington
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-93341-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN:	0-415-93341-2
Barcode:	9780415933414

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