| 1 |
Introduction to the world of goods |
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Part I: the rise of a mass market at the turn of the century |
| 2 |
Downtown shopping |
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| 3 |
Leisure time |
Paper proposal due |
| 4 |
The business of consumption |
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Part II: making a middle-class society in interwar America |
| 6 |
No class: meet to discuss papers |
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| 5 |
Roaring twenties |
Detailed bibliography due |
| 7 |
Advertising the American dream |
One best source due |
| 8 |
Abundance and its critics (I) |
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Part III: mass culture in postwar America |
| 9 |
Status seeking in the suburbs |
Introduction and outline due |
| 10 |
Age of television |
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Part IV: conspicuous consumption at century's end |
| 11 |
McDonalds, microwaves, and the mega-rich |
Rough draft due |
| 12 |
Abundance and its critics (II) |
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| 13 |
E-bay and beyond |
Final paper due |
