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It's in the Cards Consumer Credit and the American Experience

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Lloyd Klein

Book Code: C5757

ISBN: 0-275-95757-8

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95757-5

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168 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 12/30/1999

List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: This is the first comprehensive account of the development of consumer credit. Consumer credit is a vital force driving the development of our economic system. Rather than look at consumer credit solely as an economic phenomenon, Klein examines the social impact of the consumer credit industry within the framework of economic and cultural change. His analysis offers a concise examination of the industry from the perspective of marketing, the creating of material and experiential products, and the product distribution mechanisms. The discussion of changes within the bankruptcy structure accounts for the creation of overzealous consumer spending and the implementation of controls over individual consumer credit. This will be of interest to scholars or students concentrating in economic sociology, stratification, and cultural studies.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Consumer Credit as a Social Control Mechanism
Advent of Post-Fordist Cultural Developments
Consumer Credit and the Experiential Realm
The Advertising Industry
Commodity Distribution Networks
Consumer Debt and the Social Impact of Credit
Implications of a Consumer Credit Society
References

LC Card Number: 97-9177

LCC Class: HG3756

Dewey Class: 332


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