Consuming visions
Subtitle: accumulation and display of goods in America, 1880-1920
By: edited by Simon J. Bronner.
Contributors: Bronner, Simon J.; Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Winterthur book
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
Subjects: Display of merchandise -- United States -- History.; Advertising, Point-of-sale -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.; Consumer behavior -- United States -- History.
Description: An examination of the consumer way of life in America as it unfolded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It traces how Americans came to value the pursuit of status objects and to rely on accumulating goods to measure cultural identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Published for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware."
Series from jacket.