Selling Out or Buying In?
Michael Dawson
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Selling Out or Buying In?
Published
2018
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9781487514877
Description
"Until the late 1950s residents of Vancouver and Victoria negotiated a shopping landscape that would be unrecognizable to today's consumers: most stores were closed for at least half the day on Wednesdays, prevented from opening during the evenings, and were banned from operating on Sundays. Since that decade, however, British Columbians, and Canadians generally, have made significant strides in gaining greater and easier access to consumer goods. Selling Out or Buying In? is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers' access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century. Michael Dawson's engagingly written and detailed exploration of the debates amongst everyday citizens and politicians regarding the pros and cons of expanding shopping opportunities, challenges the assumption of inevitability surrounding Canada's emergence as a consumer society. The expansion of store hours was a highly contested and contingent development that pitted employees, owners and regulators against one another. Dawson's nuanced analysis of archival and newspaper sources reveals the strains that modern capitalism imparted upon the accepted and established rhythms of daily life."--
Subjects
The Psychology of Money
Goodbye, things
Predictably Irrational
Utopia for Realists
The Power of Productivity
A treatise on political economy, or, the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Selling Out or Buying In??
This edition of Selling Out or Buying In? has approximately 224 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Selling Out or Buying In??
For most readers, Selling Out or Buying In? typically takes between 4h 40m and 3h 7m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 56,000 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 3h 44m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 8 days • Estimated word count: 56,000 words
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What is the word count of Selling Out or Buying In??
The estimated word count for Selling Out or Buying In? is approximately 56,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Selling Out or Buying In??
Selling Out or Buying In? was written by Michael Dawson.
When was Selling Out or Buying In? published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2018. The original work may have been published on a different date.