{"id":2082,"date":"2009-11-30T09:14:06","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T13:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2012-04-24T09:21:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T13:21:24","slug":"in-the-news-buy-buy-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/in-the-news-buy-buy-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Buy, Buy, Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week of November 30, 2009<\/strong>
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News Item: <\/strong>This past Friday, consumers who chose not to participate in Buy Nothing Day were out in full-force nabbing the best deals on electronics, toys, and other holiday merchandise. An “In the News” topic from 2007 focused on holiday shopping<\/a>. This year, we offer more titles on the shopping experience, but also include resources on a few well-known corporations so that you can learn more about the stores where you shop.<\/p>\n

Jump to:
\nShopping & Consumerism<\/a>
\nPlaces to Shop<\/a>
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<\/a>Shopping & Consumerism<\/strong><\/p>\n

Addicted to Cheap Shopping<\/em><\/strong> (DVD)
\nDirected by Leo Telling. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2008
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 A33 2008<\/p>\n

The Affluent Consumer: Marketing and Selling the Luxury Lifestyle<\/em><\/strong>
\nBy Richard D. Michman and Edward M. Mazze. Praeger Publishers, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5415.33 .U6 M53 2006<\/p>\n

Carried Away: The Invention of Modern Shopping<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Rachel Bowlby. Columbia University Press, 2001
\nCall Number: Available online via NetLibrary<\/p>\n

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Cultures of Selling: Perspectives on Consumption and Society Since 1700<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by John Benson and Laura Ugolini. Ashgate, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5429 .C755 2006<\/p>\n

Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Daniel Goleman. Broadway Books, 2009
\nCall Number: HC79 .E5 G635 2009<\/p>\n

Going Shopping: Consumer Choices and Community Consequences<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Ann Satterthwaite. Yale University Press, 2001
\nCall Number: HT151 .S262 2001 (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Identifying Consumption: Subjects and Objects in Consumer Society<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Robert G. Dunn. Temple University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: Available online via NetLibrary<\/p>\n

The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650 to the Present<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Jan de Vries. Cambridge University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: HC79 .C6 D42 2008 (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Radical Consumption: Shopping for Change in Contemporary Culture<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Jo Littler. Open University Press, 2009
\nCall Number: Available online via NetLibrary<\/p>\n

Reducing Terrorism Risk at Shopping Centers: An Analysis of Potential Security Options<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Tom LaTourrette et al. RAND Corporation, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5430 .R43 2006<\/p>\n

Shopping As an Entertainment Experience<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Mark Moss. Lexington Books, 2007
\nCall Number: HF5461 .M67 2007<\/p>\n

The Shopping Experience<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Pasi Falk and Colin Campbell. Sage Publications, 1997
\nCall Number: HB801 .S459 1997<\/p>\n

Spree: A Cultural HIstory of Shopping<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Pamela Klaffke. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2003
\nCall Number: HC79 .C6 K52 2003 (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Style on a Shoestring<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Andy Paige. McGraw-Hill, 2009
\nCall Number: Available online via NetLibrary<\/p>\n

<\/a>Places to Shop<\/strong><\/p>\n

America’s Corner Store: Walgreens’ Prescription for Success<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By John U. Bacon. Wiley, 2004
\nCall Number: RS78 .B33 2004 (Also available online via NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

America’s Parade: A Celebration of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By the editors of Life<\/em>. Time, 2001
\nCall Number: GT3980 .A45 2001<\/p>\n

And the Price Is Right<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Margaret Chase Harriman. World Pub. Co., 1958
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U6 M26<\/p>\n

Catalogues and Counters: A History of Sears, Roebuck and Company<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Boris Emmet. University of Chicago Press, 1950
\nCall Number: HF5467 .S4 E5<\/p>\n

Celebration of Fools: An Inside Look at the Rise and Fall of JCPenney<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Bill Hare. AMACOM, American Management Association, 2004
\nCall Number: Available online via NetLibrarY<\/p>\n

Fifty Years of Pleasure: The Illustrated History of Publix Super Markets, Inc.<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Pat Watters. Publix Super Markets, 1980
\nCall Number: HD9321.9 .P8 W3<\/p>\n

Great IKEA!: A Brand for All the People<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Elen Lewis. Cyan, 2005
\nCall Number: HD9773 .S84 I343 2005<\/p>\n

His and Hers: The Fantasy World of the Neiman-Marcus Catalogue<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Stanley Marcus. Viking Press, 1982
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U6 N45 1982<\/p>\n

In Sam We Trust: The Untold Story of Sam Walton and How Wal-Mart is Devouring America<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Bob Ortega. Times BUsiness, 1998
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 O78 1998<\/p>\n

Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Peter Ascoli. Indiana University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HC102.5 .R58 A83 2006 (At Treasure Coast) – Also available online via NetLibrary<\/p>\n

Kmart’s Ten Deadly Sins: How Incompetence Ruined an American Icon<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Marcia Layton Turner. J. Wiley & Sons, 2003
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 T87 2003<\/p>\n

Leading by Design: The IKEA Story<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Bertil Torekull. HarperBusiness, 1999
\nCall Number: HD9773 .S84 I4813 1999<\/p>\n

Like No Other Store: The Bloomingdale’s Legend and the Revolution in American Marketing<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Marvin Traub and Tom Teicholz. Times Books, 1993
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U6 B588 1993<\/p>\n

“Like No Other Store in the World”: The Inside Story of Bloomingdale’s<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Mark Stevens. Crowell, 1979
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U6 B587<\/p>\n

The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Michael Hicks. Cambria Press, 2007
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U64 W354 2007<\/p>\n

Main Street Merchant: The Story of the J.C. Penney Company<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Norman Beasley. Whittlesey House, 1948
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U6 P45<\/p>\n

Mr. Sears’ Catalogue<\/em> <\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Edward Gray and Ken Levis. PBS Video, 1989
\nCall Number: VH2362<\/p>\n

On Target: How the World’s Hottest Retailer Hit a Bullseye<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Laura Rowley. J. Wiley, 2003
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U64 T377 2003<\/p>\n

A Piece of the Pie: The Story of Customer Service at Publix<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Joseph W. Carvin. Morris Publishing Co., 2005
\nCall Number: HD9321.9 .P8 C37 2005<\/p>\n

The Rain on Macy’s Parade: How Greed, Ambition, and Folly Ruined America’s Greatest Store<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg. Times Business, 1996
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U6 M36 1996<\/p>\n

Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Liza Featherstone. Basic Books, 2004
\nCall Number: HD6060.5 .U5 F43 2004<\/p>\n

Shaping an American Institution: Robert E. Wood and Sears, Roebuck<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By James C. Worthy. University of Illinois Press, 1984
\nCall Number: HF5467 .S4 W67<\/p>\n

Stein Mart: An American Story of Roots, Family, and Building a Greater Dream<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By David J. Ginzl. University of Tampa Press, 2004
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U64 S734 2004 (At Treasure Coast)<\/p>\n

Store Wars<\/em><\/strong> (DVD)
\nDirected by Micha X. Peled. Bullfrog Films, 2001
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 S76 2001<\/p>\n

The Ten Rules of Sam Walton: Success Secrets for Remarkable Results<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Michael Bergdahl. John Wiley, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 B467 2006<\/p>\n

To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Bethany Moreton. Harvard University Press, 2009
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 M67 2009<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart: A History of Sam Walton’s Retail Phenomenon, 1962-1992<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Sandra S. Vance and Roy V. Scott. Twayne Publishers, 1994
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 V36 1994<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-FIrst Century Capitalism<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Nelson Liechtenstein. New Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 W35 2006<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price<\/em> <\/strong>(DVD)
\n<\/em>Directed by Robert Greenwald. Disinformation Co., 2005
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 W35 2005 (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

The Wal-Mart Decade: How a New Generation of Leaders Turned Sam Walton’s Legacy into the World’s #1 Company<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Robert Slater. Portfolio, 2003
\nCall Number: HF5465 .U64 W357 2003 (At Treasure Coast)<\/p>\n

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works, and How It’s Transforming the American Economy<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Charles Fishman. Penguin Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 F56 2006<\/p>\n

The Wal-Mart Revolution: How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Richard Vedder and Wendell Cox. AEI Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 V43 2006<\/p>\n

The Wal-Mart Way: The Inside Story of the Success of the World’s Largest Company<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Don Soderquist. T. Nelson, 2005
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 S63 2005<\/p>\n

Wal-Mart World: The World’s Biggest Corporation in the Global Economy<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Stanley D. Brunn. Routledge, 2006
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 W36 2006<\/p>\n

Wal-Smart. What It Really Takes to Profit in a Wal-Mart World<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By William H. Marquard with Bill Birchard. McGraw-Hill, 2007
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 M37 2007<\/p>\n

What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Michael Bergdahl. John Wiley & Sons, 2004
\nCall Number: HF5429.215 .U6 B47 2004 (Also available online via NetLibrary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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