"This book compiles and integrates highly innovative work aimed at bridging the fields of anthropology and consumer behavior." —Journal of Consumer Affairs "

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Essays discuss the history of advertising, consumer culture, modern electioneering, the development of mass market magazines and the industrialization of space

Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century aims to bring together detailed analyses of the cultural myths, or fictions, of consumption that have shaped di