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Shelf Life: Supermarkets and the Changing Cultures of Consumption
Humphery, Kim (University of Melbourne)
Shelf Life: Supermarkets and the Changing Cultures of Consumption
Humphery, Kim (University of Melbourne)
This 1998 book is a history and cultural analysis of the supermarket in twentieth-century Australia. It traces the ascendency of the supermarket over the counter service grocery store, drawing on oral history among other sources. It is also a critical discussion of consumer society and of the work of cultural analysts on consumption.
282 pages, 13 b/w illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 27, 1998 |
ISBN13 | 9780521623162 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 282 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 580 g |
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