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Barber, Benjamin R., 1939-

Con$umed : how markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole / Consumed Con $umed How markets corrupt children, infantilize adults, and swallow citizens whole Benjamin R. Barber. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007. - x, 406 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-381) and index.

The birth of consumers. Capitalism triumphant and the infantilist ethos ; From protestantism to puerility -- The eclipse of citizens. Infantilizing consumers: the coming of kidults ; Privatizing citizens: the making of civic schizophrenia ; Branding identities: the loss of meaning ; Totalizing society: the end of diversity -- The fate of citizens. Resisting consumerism: can capitalism cure itself? ; Overcoming civic schizophrenia: restoring citizenship in a world of interdependence.

ISBN: 9780393049619 (hardcover) 0393049612 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2006039751

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA6A5864 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013629205 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Consumption (Economics)--United States.
Consumer behavior--United States.
Child consumers--United States.
Capitalism--United States.
Materialism--Social aspects--United States.
Mass society.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Social conditions--1980-

LC Class. No.: HC110.C6 / B324 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 339.4/60973