List of figures, Contributors, 1 CONSUMPTION AS THE VANGUARD OF HISTORY, 2 STUDIES IN THE NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR, 3 THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION, 4 FROM POLITICAL ECONOMY TO CONSUMPTION, 5 CONSUMPTION WITHIN HISTORICAL STUDIES, 6 GEOGRAPHIES OF CONSUMPTION, 7 PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CONSUMPTION, 8 CONSUMPTION STUDIES AS THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANTHROPOLOGY, 9 THEORIES OF CONSUMPTION IN MEDIA STUDIES, Index

A multi-disciplinary overview providing new theories, critical analyses and the latest reasearch on this very fashionable topic. Includes chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, economics, history, sociology and many more areas.