Berg Publishers, Date: 2004-04-24. Paperback. Good. 2004. Berg Publishers ISBN 1859736300 9781859736302 [US]

Berg, Date: 2003. Soft cover. Good/No jacket. Very minor warping on bottom of book. Minor scuffing on edges of cover and text block. Spine is lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Text is clean and unmarked. 2003. Berg ISBN 1859736300 9781859736302 [US]

ISBN10: 1859736300, ISBN13: 9781859736302, [publisher: Berg] Softcover Very minor warping on bottom of book. Minor scuffing on edges of cover and text block. Spine is lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Text is clean and unmarked.
[Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

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ISBN10: 1859736300, ISBN13: 9781859736302, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Softcover Paperback. Over the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This intriguing book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes, as well the social meaning of the practices themselves. Homes, offices, domestic appliances and clothes play a crucial role in our lives, but not many of us question exactly how and why we perform so many daily rituals associated with them. Showers, heating, air-conditioning and clothes washing are simply accepted as part of our normal, everyday lives, but clearly this was not always the case. When did the daily shower become de rigueur? What effect has air conditioning had on the siesta at one time an integral part of Mediterranean life and culture? This book interrogates the meaning and supposed normality of these practices and draws disturbing conclusions. There is clear evidence supporting the view that routine consumption is controlled by conceptions of normality and profoundly shaped by cultural and economic forces. Shove maintains that habits are not just changing, but are changing in ways that imply escalating and standardizing patterns of consumption. This shrewd and engrossing analysis shows just how far the social meanings and practices of comfort, cleanliness ...

Berg Publishers, Date: 2003-07-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2003. Berg Publishers ISBN 1859736300 9781859736302 [US]