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American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998
Ted Ownby
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| #2889480 in eBooks | 2002-10-15 | 2002-10-15 | File type: PDF||8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Insightful Cultural History by a Great Young Historian|By A Customer|...American Dreams in Mississippi is cultural (not economic) history. It is not about the reasons for poverty, but rather what it MEANS to live in a state that is perpetually impoverished while also living in a nation that bills itself as the Land of Opportunity. In this book, Ownby seeks to redefine the ver|From Library Journal|Ownby (history, Univ. of Mississippi) has produced a provocative social history that examines the consumer behavior around four powerful dreams (abundance, democracy of goods, freedom of choice, and novelty) from a multicultural perspective.
The dreams of abundance, choice, and novelty that have fueled the growth of consumer culture in the United States would seem to have little place in the history of Mississippi--a state long associated with poverty, inequality, and rural life. But as Ted Ownby demonstrates in this innovative study, consumer goods and shopping have played important roles in the development of class, race, and gender relations in Mississippi from the antebellum era to the present. You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998 | Ted Ownby. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
