Bookshelf
A self-prescribed bibliophile, I like to share what I’m reading. All suggestions are welcome and this page will be a perpetual work in progress. This is my highly recommended, however incomplete, list of books and essays that speak to consumer culture past, present and future:
The Venturesome Economy. Amar Bhide
Linchpin. Permission Marketing. Seth Godin
Outliers. Blink. Malcolm Gladwell
Knowledge for Action. Chris Argyris
The Bon Marche. Michael B. Miller
Cathedrals of Consumption. Geoffrey Crossick and Serge Jaumain
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Jürgen Habermas
The Cambridge Companion to Weber. Ed. Stephen Turner
Consumer Culture & Modernity. Don Slater
“Fashion”, “The Philosophy of Money”. “The Philosophy of Culture”. Georg Simmel
The Invisible Flaneuse?. Ed. Aruna D’Souza and Tom McDonough
The Ladies’ Paradise. Emile Zola
The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Consumerism. Colin Campbell
The Weimar Republic Sourcebook. Ed. Anton Kaes, Martin Jay and Edward Dimendberg
Longing, Belonging, and the Making of Jewish Consumer Culture. Ed. Gideon Reuveni and Nils Roemer
An All-Consuming Century: Why Consumerism Won in America. Gary Cross
Why Architecture Matters. Paul Goldberger
The Theory of the Leisure Class. Thorstein Veblen
Babbitt. Sinclair Lewis
Spectacular Realities. Vanessa Schwartz
Histories of Leisure. Ed. Rudy Koshar
Manufacturing Consent; The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many. Noam Chomsky
The World of Goods. Mary Douglas and Baron Isherwood
Shopping as an Entertainment Experience. Mark Moss
Status Seekers. Eds. Daniel Horowitz and Vance Packard
Paris, A Century of Change. Norma Evenson
Advertising in Society. Roxanne Hovland and Gary Wilcox
Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel. Jean Kilbourne
Minding the Store. Quest for the Best. Stanley Marcus
The Overspent Amercian. Juliet Schor
The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians. F. D. Roberts
The City in West Europe. D. Burtenshaw, M. Bateman and G. Ashworth
Creating an American Institution,The Merchandising Genius of J.C.Penney. Mary Elizabeth Curry
No Logo: Taking Airm at the Brand Bullies. Naomi Klein
Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser
