Konsumism

Raise a glass to the Great British tradition of booze, and the twelve drinks that made it what it is today Cheers!The history of Britain, perhaps more so than any other country, is …

While overconsumption by the developed world's roughly one billion inhabitants is an abiding problem, another one billion increasingly affluent "new consumers" in developing …

Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.In Land of Necessity, historians and anthropologists unravel the …

This analysis leads to a consideration of the ways in which religions and secular spiritualities can contribute to a new ecological consciousness, and to the adoption of less …

For all the political branding and rebranding of healthcare in the United States, its fundamental unit of currency remains the doctor-patient relationship. This relationship has …

A not-so-quiet revolution seems to be occurring in wealthy capitalist societies - supermarkets selling 'guilt free' Fairtrade products; lifestyle TV gurus exhorting us to eat less, …

In einer einzigartigen Mischung aus Sozialreportage und messerscharfer Gesellschaftsanalyse nimmt Stefan Selke uns mit in die unbekannte Welt der Armen. Er zeichnet das Leben jener …

In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the …

»Profit Over People« – so bezeichnet Noam Chomsky den Neoliberalismus, der den Profit über alles Menschliche stellt. Scharfsichtig kritisiert er die Logik des freien Marktes und …

Exploring the roots of Canadian consumer culture between the 1890s and the Second World War, Purchasing Power uncovers the meanings that Canadians have attached to consumer goods. …