Historisch-soziale Grundlagen des Wirtschaftens und des Wirtschaftsdenkens von einer der bedeutendsten Wirtschaftssoziologinnen schlechthin. Das Buch wendet sich dennoch als Lehrbuch vorwiegend an Studenten.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; 2: Luxury in Historical Context; 3: Industrialism, Materialism and the Birth of a Consumer Society; 4: Mass Production, Mass Consumption and New Consumers of Luxury; 5: At Home in...

"Edited by Ay,se K. Üskül and Shigehiro Oishi, Socio-Economic Environment and Human Psychology focuses on the social and economic conditions that impact on every aspect of an individual's life cycle. This edited collection showcases a variety of approaches to the study of the role of the...