The Waste Makers
(eBook)
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
More Details
Published
Ig Publishing, 2011.
Format
eBook
Language
English
ISBN
9781935439387
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vance Packard., & Vance Packard|AUTHOR. (2011). The Waste Makers . Ig Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vance Packard and Vance Packard|AUTHOR. 2011. The Waste Makers. Ig Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vance Packard and Vance Packard|AUTHOR. The Waste Makers Ig Publishing, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vance Packard, and Vance Packard|AUTHOR. The Waste Makers Ig Publishing, 2011.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 8062c065-9be7-b977-7e36-099251123937-eng |
---|---|
Full title | waste makers |
Author | packard vance |
Grouping Category | book |
Last Update | 2022-12-04 19:00:36PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-17 03:48:14AM |
Book Cover Information
Image Source | hoopla |
---|---|
First Loaded | Feb 18, 2024 |
Last Used | Feb 18, 2024 |
Hoopla Extract Information
stdClass Object ( [year] => 2011 [artist] => Vance Packard [fiction] => [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/csp_9781935439387_270.jpeg [titleId] => 11873399 [isbn] => 9781935439387 [abridged] => [language] => ENGLISH [profanity] => [title] => The Waste Makers [demo] => [segments] => Array ( ) [pages] => 216 [children] => [artists] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Vance Packard [relationship] => AUTHOR ) ) [genres] => Array ( [0] => Business & Economics [1] => Consumer Behavior [2] => Environmental Conservation & Protection [3] => Environmental Policy [4] => Nature [5] => Political Science [6] => Public Policy [7] => Social Science [8] => Sociology ) [price] => 1.69 [id] => 11873399 [edited] => [kind] => EBOOK [active] => 1 [upc] => [synopsis] => An exposé of "the systematic attempt of business to make us wasteful, debt-ridden, permanently discontented individuals," The Waste Makers is Vance Packard's pioneering 1960 work on how the rapid growth of disposable consumer goods was degrading the environmental, financial, and spiritual character of American society. The Waste Makers was the first book to probe the increasing commercialization of American life-the development of consumption for consumption's sake. Packard outlines the ways manufacturers and advertisers persuade consumers to buy things they don't need and didn't know they wanted, including the two-of-a-kind of everything syndrome-"two refrigerators in every home"-and appeals to purchase something because it is more expensive, or because it is painted in a new color. The book also brought attention to the concept of planned obsolescence, in which a "death date" is built into products so that they wear out quickly and need to be replaced. By manipulating the public into mindless consumerism, Packard believed that business was making us "more wasteful, imprudent, and carefree in our consuming habits," which was using up our natural resources at an alarming rate. A prescient book that predicted the rise of American consumer culture, this all new edition of The Waste Makers features an introduction by best-selling author Bill McKibben. [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11873399 [pa] => [publisher] => Ig Publishing [purchaseModel] => INSTANT )