The Urge to Splurge: A Social History of Shopping by Laura Byrne Paquet

The Urge to Splurge: A Social History of Shopping

Laura Byrne Paquet

256 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
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People used to haggle in crowded outdoor bazaars. Now we buy collectibles on eBay. Tracing the evolution of shopping from marketplaces to malls, mail order to the Internet, The Urge to Splurge is a chatty, intriguing look at the history and the ps...

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