storiet v.2
sign in
Capa de Creating Mexican consumer culture in the age of Porfirio Díaz

a novel ·

Creating Mexican consumer culture in the age of Porfirio Díaz

por

"This study shows how goods and consumption embodied modernity in the time of Porfirio Díaz. Through case studies of tobacco marketing, department stores, advertising, shoplifting, and a famous jewelry robbery and homicide, he provides a tour of daily life in …

start reading + shelf
  • ● 73% match for you
  • ● business & economics, history

the long version

"This study shows how goods and consumption embodied modernity in the time of Porfirio Díaz. Through case studies of tobacco marketing, department stores, advertising, shoplifting, and a famous jewelry robbery and homicide, he provides a tour of daily life in Porfirian Mexico City, overturning conventional wisdom that only the middle and upper classes participated in this culture"--Provided by publisher.

M

Margaret's verdict

""This study shows how goods and consumption embodied modernity in the time of Porfirio Díaz. Through case studies of tobacco marketing, department stores, advertising, shoplifting, and a famous jewelry robbery …"

— Margaret

highlights

what readers held onto

No highlights yet. Be the first.

discussion

what readers said

No reviews yet. Finish it; tell us what you found.