It's in the Cards
Consumer Credit and the American Experience
1st Edition
Published on 30. December 1999
168 pages
978-0-313-00230-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first comprehensive account of the development of consumer credit. Consumer credit is a vital force driving the development of our economic system. Rather than look at consumer credit solely as an economic phenomenon, Klein examines the social impact of the consumer credit industry within the framework of economic and cultural change. His analysis offers a concise examination of the industry from the perspective of marketing, the creating of material and experiential products, and the product distribution mechanisms. The discussion of changes within the bankruptcy structure accounts for the creation of overzealous consumer spending and the implementation of controls over individual consumer credit. This will be of interest to scholars or students concentrating in economic sociology, stratification, and cultural studies.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-00230-4 (9780313002304)
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Book
12/1999
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Person
LLOYD KLEIN teaches in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga./e His research has focused on the areas of social economy, mass media, criminal justice, and deviant behavior.
Content
Preface
Consumer Credit as a Social Control Mechanism
Advent of Post-Fordist Cultural Developments
Consumer Credit and the Experiential Realm
The Advertising Industry
Commodity Distribution Networks
Consumer Debt and the Social Impact of Credit
Implications of a Consumer Credit Society
References
Consumer Credit as a Social Control Mechanism
Advent of Post-Fordist Cultural Developments
Consumer Credit and the Experiential Realm
The Advertising Industry
Commodity Distribution Networks
Consumer Debt and the Social Impact of Credit
Implications of a Consumer Credit Society
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