Spaces for consumption : pleasure and placelessness in the post-industrial city /
Steven Miles.
- 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-200) and index.
The city of complicity -- The individualised city? -- Creating cities -- Consuming culture -- Architectures of consumption -- Shopping for dreams -- The spectacular mega-event -- Themed parks.
'Spaces for Consumption' offers an in-depth and sophisticated analysis of the processes that underpin the commodification of the city and explains the physical manifestation of consumerism as a way of life.
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Consumption (Economics) Cities and towns Material culture. City and town life.