Shopping our way to safety : how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves /
Szasz, Andrew, 1947-
Shopping our way to safety : how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves / Andrew Szasz. - 320 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: inverted quarantine -- Two historical case studies -- The fallout shelter panic of 1961 -- Suburbanization as inverted quarantine -- Assembling a personal commodity bubble for one's body -- Drinking -- Eating -- Breathing -- Consequences of inverted quarantine -- Imaginary refuge -- Political anesthesia -- Conclusion: the future of an illusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
9780816635085 (hc : alk. paper) 0816635080 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816635092 (pb : alk. paper) 0816635099 (pb : alk. paper)
2007026438
Environmental economics--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--United States.
HC110.E5 / S93 2007
339.4/70973
Shopping our way to safety : how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves / Andrew Szasz. - 320 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: inverted quarantine -- Two historical case studies -- The fallout shelter panic of 1961 -- Suburbanization as inverted quarantine -- Assembling a personal commodity bubble for one's body -- Drinking -- Eating -- Breathing -- Consequences of inverted quarantine -- Imaginary refuge -- Political anesthesia -- Conclusion: the future of an illusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
9780816635085 (hc : alk. paper) 0816635080 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816635092 (pb : alk. paper) 0816635099 (pb : alk. paper)
2007026438
Environmental economics--United States.
Consumption (Economics)--United States.
HC110.E5 / S93 2007
339.4/70973