Living It Up : : Our Love Affair with Luxury / / James B. Twitchell.
Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated. Over the last several years, luxury spending in the United States has been growing four times faster than overall spending. It has been characterized by political leaders as vital to...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 80 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Over the Top
- 2. The Social Construction of Luxury
- 3. Let's Go Shopping
- 4. Where Opuluxe Is Made and Who Makes It
- 5. How Luxury Becomes Necessity
- 6. From Shirts to Tulips
- 7. Viva Las Vegas!
- 8. Still Learning from Las Vegas
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
- Index