Miles, Steven,

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.

HB801 / .M55 2010

307.76