Zukin, Sharon. <br/><br/>
Point of purchase :  how shopping changed American culture / 
Sharon Zukin. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  c2004. 
 - 325 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-312) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: What Shopping Is -- A brief history of shopping -- Julia learns to shop -- From Woolworth's to Wal-mart -- "The perfect pair of leather pants" -- B. Altman, Ralph Lauren, and the death of the leisure class -- Artemio goes to Tiffany's -- Consumer guides and the invention of lifestyle -- How Brooks brothers came to look like Banana Republic -- The Zen of internet shopping -- Zagats' 'R' us -- Epilogue: What Shopping Should Be. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003009421 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Shopping--Social aspects--History.--United States<br/>Consumer behavior--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.C6  / Z85 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.3/0973