1st Edition

Collecting in a Consumer Society

By Russell W. Belk Copyright 1995
208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This groundbreaking book examines the relationship between the development of the consumer society and the rise of collecting by individuals and institutions. Rusell Belk considers how and why people collect, as individuals, corporations and museums, and the impact this collecting has on us and our culture. Collecting in a Consumer Society outlines the history of museum collecting... Read more
Chapter 1 The Rise of Consumer Society; Chapter 2 A Brief History of Collecting; Chapter 3 Individual Collectors; Chapter 4 Institutional Collectors; Chapter 5 Collecting in a Consumer Society;

Biography

Russell W. Belk