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Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Cornell 4-H Club Bulletin
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Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Bulletin
Author: University of Nevada. Agricultural Extension Service
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Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Book Bulletin
Author: Chicago Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Department Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Cornell Junior Extension Bulletin
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Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Junior Extension Series
Author: University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus). Cooperative Extension Service
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Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Category : 4-H clubs
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 882
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List of Extension Publications of the State Agricultural Colleges Received by the Office of Experiment Stations Library
Author: United States. Office of Cooperative Extension Work
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Keeping Up with the Joneses
Author: Susan J. Matt
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812202724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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A century ago many Americans condemned envy as a destructive emotion and a sin. Today few Americans expect criticism when they express envy, and some commentators maintain that the emotion drives the economy. This shift in attitude is Susan Matt's central concern. Keeping up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 examines a key transition in the meaning of envy for the American middle class. Although people certainly have experienced envy throughout history, the expansion of the consumer economy at the turn of the twentieth century dramatically reshaped the social role of the emotion. Matt looks at how different groups within the middle class—men in white-collar jobs, bourgeois women, farm families, and children—responded to the transformation in social and cultural life. Keeping Up with the Joneses traces how attitudes about envy changed as department stores, mail-order catalogs, magazines, movies, and advertising became more prevalent, and the mass production of imitation luxury goods offered middle- and working-class individuals the opportunity to emulate upper-class life. Between 1890 and 1910 moralists sought to tame envy and emulation in order to uphold a moral economy and preserve social order. They criticized the liberal-capitalist preoccupation with personal striving and advancement and praised the virtue of contentment. They admonished the bourgeoisie to be satisfied with their circumstances and cease yearning for their neighbors' possessions. After 1910 more secular commentators gained ground, repudiating the doctrine of contentment and rejecting the notion that there were divinely ordained limits on what each class should possess. They encouraged everyone to pursue the objects of desire. Envy was no longer a sin, but a valuable economic stimulant. The expansion of consumer economy fostered such institutions as department stores and advertising firms, but it also depended on a transformation in attitudes and emotional codes. Matt explores the ways gender, geography, and age shaped this transformation. Bridging the history of emotions and the history of consumerism, she uncovers the connection between changing social norms and the growth of the consumer economy.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812202724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A century ago many Americans condemned envy as a destructive emotion and a sin. Today few Americans expect criticism when they express envy, and some commentators maintain that the emotion drives the economy. This shift in attitude is Susan Matt's central concern. Keeping up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 examines a key transition in the meaning of envy for the American middle class. Although people certainly have experienced envy throughout history, the expansion of the consumer economy at the turn of the twentieth century dramatically reshaped the social role of the emotion. Matt looks at how different groups within the middle class—men in white-collar jobs, bourgeois women, farm families, and children—responded to the transformation in social and cultural life. Keeping Up with the Joneses traces how attitudes about envy changed as department stores, mail-order catalogs, magazines, movies, and advertising became more prevalent, and the mass production of imitation luxury goods offered middle- and working-class individuals the opportunity to emulate upper-class life. Between 1890 and 1910 moralists sought to tame envy and emulation in order to uphold a moral economy and preserve social order. They criticized the liberal-capitalist preoccupation with personal striving and advancement and praised the virtue of contentment. They admonished the bourgeoisie to be satisfied with their circumstances and cease yearning for their neighbors' possessions. After 1910 more secular commentators gained ground, repudiating the doctrine of contentment and rejecting the notion that there were divinely ordained limits on what each class should possess. They encouraged everyone to pursue the objects of desire. Envy was no longer a sin, but a valuable economic stimulant. The expansion of consumer economy fostered such institutions as department stores and advertising firms, but it also depended on a transformation in attitudes and emotional codes. Matt explores the ways gender, geography, and age shaped this transformation. Bridging the history of emotions and the history of consumerism, she uncovers the connection between changing social norms and the growth of the consumer economy.