Pursuing Happiness : : American Consumers in the Twentieth Century / / Stanley Lebergott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Lebergott, Stanley,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 161
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.) :; 36 tables, 1 line illustration
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Content --; LIST OF TABLES & FIGURE --; Preface --; PART I: ECONOMIC WELL-BEING --; PART II: MAJOR TRENDS, 1900-1990 --; Appendix A: Personal Consumption Table --; Appendix B: Estimating Details --; WORKS CITED --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400863266; 9783110413441; 9783110413601; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400863266
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stanley Lebergott.

Whether watching baseball or undergoing heart surgery, Americans have bought a variety of goods and services to achieve happiness. Here is a provocative look at what they have chosen to purchase. Stanley Lebergott maintains that the average consumer has behaved more reasonably than many distinguished critics of "materialism" have suggested. He sees consumers seeking to make an uncertain and often cruel world into a pleasanter and more convenient place--and, for the most part, succeeding. With refreshing common sense, he reminds us of what many "luxuries" have meant, especially for women: increased income since 1900 has been used largely to lighten the backbreaking labor once required by household chores.Originally published in 1993.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.