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Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matt, Susan J. (Susan Jipson), 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Social values > United States > History.
Envy > Social aspects.
Social status > United States > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects > United States.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • City women and the quest for status
  • Envy in the office
  • The prizes of life lie away from the farm
  • From sturdy yeoman to hayseed
  • Coming of age in consumer society.