Reluctant capitalists : bookselling and the culture of consumption /
Laura J. Miller.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- x, 316 s.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Commercial culture and its discontents -- From dry goods merchant to Internet mogul : bookselling through American history -- Providing for the sovereign consumer : selecting and recommending books -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer -- Serving the entertained consumer : the multifunction bookstore -- Bargaining with the rational consumer : selling the low-cost book -- The revolt of the retailers : independent bookseller activism -- Pursuing the citizen-consumer : consumption as politics
Bokhandel--Fčorenta staterna. Bokhandlare--Fčorenta staterna. Bčocker--inkčop. Konsumentfręagor--Fčorenta staterna. Book trade--purchasing--USA. Consumption--social aspects--USA. Consumer behaviour--USA. Booksellers and bookselling--United States. Bookstores--United States. Books--Purchasing--United States. Books and reading--United States. Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States. Consumer behavior--United States.