First published in 2003 Consuming the Past covers pilgrimages to popular festivals, from modern spectacles to advertising, from the work of avant-garde painters

Consuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime televis

Nye uses energy as a touchstone to examine the lives of ordinary people engaged in normal activities. How did the United States become the world's largest consu

Consuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime televis

The unqualified victory of consumerism in America was not a foregone conclusion. The United States has traditionally been the home of the most aggressive and of