Jean Baudrillard′s classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970,

The Consumer Society Reader features a range of key works on the nature and evolution of consumer society. Included here is much-discussed work by leading criti

The developed countries, particularly the United States, consume a disproportionate share of the world's resources, yet high and rising levels of consumption do

Consumer Culture and Society offers an introduction to the study of consumerism and consumption from a sociological perspective. Author Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy

It discusses the use of resources, pollution, and the distortions created in the economies of both wealthy industrialized nations and Third World countries.