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Author Lebergott, Stanley.

Title Pursuing happiness : American consumers in the twentieth century / Stanley Lebergott.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1993]
©1993

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  339.47 L443P    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  339.47 L443P2    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents pt. I. Economic Well-Being. 1. Consumers and Their Critics. 2. Happiness and Economic Welfare. 3. Consumer Choice: Advertising. 4. Consumer Choice: Externalities, Varieties. 5. Consumption Inequality. 6. Immortality and the Budget Constraint. 7. Per Capita Consumption and the Angel of the Lord. 8. Women's Work: Home to Market. 9. Work, Overwork, and Consumer Spending. 10. More Goods: The Twentieth Century -- pt. II. Major Trends, 1900-1990. Food. Tobacco. Alcohol. Clothing. Shoes. Housing. Fuel. Domestic Service. Household Operation. Water. Lighting. Health. Transport. Recreation. Welfare. Religion -- Appendix A: Personal Consumption Table -- Appendix B: Estimating Details.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-185) and index.
Subject Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
ISBN 0691043221 (cloth : acid-free paper) : $24.95
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