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Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness
TATE BOOK OF THE MONTH 2023 A timely critique of consumer culture which captures this image-obsessed moment in history, perfect for fans of Zadie Smith's Feel Free and Jia Tolentino's...
Real Toy Story, The Inside the Ruthless Battle for Britains Youn
Toys from teddy bears to Barbie dolls to train sets define our image of childhood innocence. But the truth is that toys represent a $21 billion a year industry, and...
Retailisation: The Here, There and Everywhere of Retail
This work investigates the current state of selling, whether groceries, politicians, information or motorcars. Like no other phenomenon, "retailization" reflects the complexity and ubiquity of information flows, processes and convergence...
Must-Have: The Hidden Instincts Behind Everything We Buy
Acclaimed psychologist Geoffrey Miller uses evolutionary psychology to reveal how the dizzying, brand-saturated world of modern consumerism really works. Why do we buy? What is it that governs our choice...
What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
The recent changes in our economic landscape have notably exposed and intensified a phenomenon: an explosion in sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping. From enormous marketplaces such as...
The Consumer's Good Chemical Guide: A Jargon-Free Guide to the Chemical of Everyday Life
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Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
THE SUNDAY TIME S BESTELLER 'Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick's book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back...
Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
THE SUNDAY TIME S BESTELLER 'Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick's book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back...
The Sirens Call: how attention became the world's most endangered
From the New York Times bestselling author and television and podcast host, a powerful, wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has...
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the
The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history...
A Life Less Throwaway: The lost art of buying for life
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Consumed: Rethinking Business in the Era of Mindful Spending
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Foot Work: What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation
Author: Tansy E. Hoskins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'Fascinating and eye-opening' OWEN JONES DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN...
Curing Affluenza: How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World
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