CONSUMER SOCIETY AND THE POSTMODERN CITY

the long version

"The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications. It affects the way we live our lives, the things we value, the direction society is taking. The city has always been a prime site of social change. The relationship between the city and the consumer society is the focus of this book." "Drawing on the work of the consumer society's most influential theorists, Jean Baudrillard and Zygmunt Bauman, the book examines the nature of consumption and its increasing centrality to the postmodern city."--Jacket.