Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 by Susan J. Matt

Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930

Susan J. Matt

232 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

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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...

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