Acknowledging consumption : a review of new studies

BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- 1 CONSUMPTION AS THE VANGUARD OF HISTORY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 2 STUDIES IN THE NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR -- I The emergence and transformation of consumer behaviour research -- THE BEGINNINGS OF A DISCIPLINE OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH -- THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR -- II A review of the new consumer behaviour literature -- CONSUMPTION SYMBOLISM -- PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS -- CONSUMPTION FESTIVALS AND RITUALS -- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES -- CULTURAL STUDIES -- III Two case-studies -- GIFTS AND GIFT-GIVING -- CONSUMPTION AND THE SELF -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3 THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION -- I The significance of the study of consumption for sociology -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION -- THE PROSPECTS FOR A SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION -- II A review of the sociological literature -- THE SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF GOODS: SHOPPING -- THE USE OF PERISHABLE GOODS: FOOD AND DRINK -- THE USE OF MATERIAL GOODS -- THE USE OF INTANGIBLE GOODS AND SERVICES -- III Consumption: Why the meaning is not a message -- TOURISM: MODERN CONSUMERISM ILLUSTRATED -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4 FROM POLITICAL ECONOMY TO CONSUMPTION -- I The traditions we inherit -- THE NEOCLASSICAL ORTHODOXY -- ALTERNATIVES WITHIN POLITICAL ECONOMY -- II Recent developments -- POST-FORDISM AND FLEC-SPEC -- THE GENERATION OF NEEDS -- PRIVATE AFFLUENCE AND PUBLIC SQUALOR -- CONSUMPTION AND STRATIFICATION -- FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL ANALYSIS -- III Systems of provision -- ON THE RETAILING OF FOOD -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 5 CONSUMPTION WITHIN HISTORICAL STUDIES -- I The significance of consumption for history -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CHANGE -- II A review of the historical literature -- THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF MASS MARKETS.