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It's in the Cards Consumer Credit and the American Experience
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Lloyd Klein
ISBN: 0-275-95757-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95757-5
168 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/1999
List Price: $99.95 (UK Sterling Price: £68.95)
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
About the Author: LLOYD KLEIN teaches in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga./e His research has focused on the areas of social economy, mass media, criminal justice, and deviant behavior.
LCC Class: 332
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