Capitalism's Eye: Cultural Spaces of the Commodity [Paperback]

Kevin Hetherington (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415933412 | ISBN-13: 978-0415933414 | Publication Date: August 22, 2007 | Edition: New edition

Capitalism's Eye is an extremely ambitious cultural history of how people experienced commodities in the era of industrial expansion. Writing against the dominant argument that the 'society of the spectacle' emerged fully formed in the mid-nineteenth century, Kevin Hetherington explains that the emergence of a culture of mass consumption dominated by visual experience was a much slower process, not truly ascendant until after the First World War. Looking at the department stores, home life, and the great exhibitions around the turn of the last century, Capitalism's Eye promises to transform how we understand both the cultural history of capitalism in America and Europe and the historical roots of the mediated spectacle that dominates our world today.

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About the Author

Kevin Hetherington is Professor of Geography at Open University, UK.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (August 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415933412
• ISBN-13: 978-0415933414
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,152,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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