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Pathfinder for Consumerism

 

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Wikipedia

Where do you go after Wikipedia?

Some Print Resources at the WCC Library

  • Born to Buy by Juliet Schor (HF5415.33.U6 S355 2005)
  • American Values : Opposing Viewpoints by Mary Williams (Research Topics Carrel, Library Use Only)
  • The erotic history of advertising by Tom Reichert (HF5827.85 .R45 2003)
  • I want that! : how we all became shoppers by Thomas Hine (HC79.C6 H56 2003)
  • One Dimensional Man; studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society by Herbert Marcuse
  • Vanity, vitality, and virility : the science behind the products you love to buy by John Emsley (QD75.22 .E47 2004)

Note: in the WCC Library, try browsing the HC79 and HF 5800 sections in either the Main or the Reference collections.

Search for more books in the library using Voyager


Digital Books (via eBrary and NetLibrary)

also try searching for particular kinds of terms like "body image" or "shopping centers"

Users must login if they are off campus and for eBrary a plug-in must be installed

Web Sites


Videos

(search for more books in the library using Voyager)

  • Affluenza (Video in Main Collection: HN60 .A36 1997)
  • The Devil Wears Prada (DVD)
  • The Fifties (Video series in Main Collection: E18.85 .D38 1997)
  • Jimmy’s Excellent Adventure in Waikiki (Video in Hawaiian Collection: HC107.H3 J5 1994, Library Use Only)
  • Why We Do What We do: Media Interrupted (DVD)

 

For more resources, including online journal articles, check out the WCC Library main page.

page last updated: October 2, 2008