PDF-[EPUB] - An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America

The unqualified victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion The United States has traditionally been the home of the most aggressive and often thoughtful criticism of consumption including Puritanism Prohibition the simplicity movement the 60s hippies and the consumer rights movement But at the dawn of the twentyfirst century not only has American consumerism triumphed there isnt even an ism left to challenge it An AllConsuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over that remarkable hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerismBy 1930 a distinct consumer society had emerged in the United States in which the taste speed control and comfort of goods offered new meanings of freedom thus laying the groundwork for a fullscale ideology of consumers democracy after World War II From the introduction of Henry Fords Model T so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one and the innovations in selling that arrived with the department store window displays self service the installment plan to the development of new arenas for spending amusement parks penny arcades baseball parks and dance halls Americans embraced the new culture of commercialismwith reservations However Gary Cross shows that even the Depression the counterculture of the 1960s and the inflation of the 1970s made Americans more materialistic opening new channels of desire and offering opportunities for more innovative and aggressive marketing The conservative upsurge of the 1980s and 90s indulged in its own brand of selfaggrandizement by promoting unrestricted markets The consumerism of today thriving and largely unchecked no longer brings families and communities together instead it increasingly divides and isolates AmericansConsumer culture has provided affluent societies with peaceful alternatives to tribalism and class war Cross writes and it has fueled extraordinary economic growth The challenge for the future is to find ways to revive the still valid portion of the culture of constraint and control the overpowering success of the allconsuming twentieth century. org 7LWOH57347IRQW57347573557HVWDURVVD15735657347FRXUWHV57347RI573471LFN57526V57347RQWV57347DW57347RQW6SDFH Complete image credits at americainclassorgsourcesbecomingmodernimagecreditshtm DV57347D57347ROODU 57524HWWLQJ57347KHDG57347RI57347WKH57347DQG org 7LWOH57347IRQW57347575237KH573477ZHQWLHV5752457347573557HVWDURVVD15735657347FRXUWHV57347RI573471LFN57526V57347RQWV57347DW FontSpace Complete image credits at americainclassorgsourcesbecomingmodernimagecreditshtm DOOLQJ57347RQWHVW HE WENTIES 57524 brPage 1br Consuming raw or undercooked meat poultry shellf ish or eggs may increase your risk of food borne i llness brPage 1br CONSUMING RAW OR UNDERCOOKED MEATS POULTRY SEAF OOD SHELLFISH OR EGG MAY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF FOO D BORNE ILLNESS Home Style Chicken Dumpling Soup 8 Black Eyed Pea and Tomato Sou HI266 Deviance and Non-conformity. 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