Szasz, Andrew,  1947- <br/><br/>
Shopping our way to safety :  how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves / 
Andrew Szasz. 
 - 320 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780816635085 (hc : alk. paper) 0816635080 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816635092 (pb : alk. paper) 0816635099 (pb : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007026438 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental economics--United States.<br/>Consumption (Economics)--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.E5  / S93 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.4/70973