Collecting in a Consumer Society (Paperback, New in Paperback)

0ICollecting in a Consumer Society outlines the history of museum collecting from ancient civilizations to the present. It also looks at aspects of consumer culture - advertising, department stores, mass merchandising, consumer desire, and how this relates to the activity of collecting
This was, and still is, the first book to focus on collecting as material consumption. The author's new preface updates this provocative and engaging book with new references and an analysis of how the internet has effected collecting cultures, ensuring that this work remains essential reading for anyone involved with the process of collecting, across a variety of disciplines - anthropology, psychology, consumption studies, museum studies, sociology and collecting.
This title continues to be extremely useful for students of collecting cultures, consumer studies, psychology, sociology and anthropology.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Collecting Cultures
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	1995
Authors:	Russell W. Belk
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	New in Paperback
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-25848-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Acquisitions & collection development Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Consumer issues Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-25848-0
Barcode:	9780415258487

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