The three-volume Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture covers consuming societies around the world, from the Age of Enlightenment to the present, and shows how consumption has become intrinsic to the world’s social, economic, political, and cultural landscapes. Offering an invaluable interdisciplinary approach, this reference work is a useful resource for researchers in sociology, political science, consumer science, global studies, comparative studies, business and management, human geography, economics, history, anthropology, and psychology. The first encyclopedia to outline the parameters of consumer culture, the Encyclopedia provides a critical, scholarly resource on consumption and consumerism over time.

Key topics:

Theories and concepts

Socio-economic change

Socio-demographic change

Identity and social differentiation

Media

Style and taste

Mass consumptions

Ethical Consumption

Civil society

Environment

Domestic consumption

Leisure

Technology

Work

Production

Markets

Institutions

Welfare

Urban life