There is now no doubt that current global production-consumption-disposal systems are
threatening the fundamental conditions of existence on this planet. In response, the pressing …

On a damp Saturday morning in early December 1938 two cars left Blackheath, south-east
London, bound for the resort of Brighton on the Sussex coast. The occupants (three men and …

An in-depth history of how finance remade everyday life in Thatcher's Britain. Are We Rich
Yet? tells the story of the financialization of British society. During the 1980s and 1990s …

The system of personal finance that developed in the United States was more fragmented
than comparative arrangements in most industrializing countries, where savings banks had …

During the twentieth century'affluence'(both at the level of the individual household and that
of society as a whole) became intimately linked with access to a range of prestige consumer …

Sedentary lifestyles contribute to premature death and health inequalities. Researchers
have studied personal and community-level determinants of inactivity but few have analyzed …

Economic historians have recently taught us a great deal about the 'new consumerism'in
interwar Britain. However, the story has largely been told from the supply side and the Co …

This article examines the role of advertisement and promotion in the successful
development of nationwide building societies in interwar Britain and the rapid overall growth …

The title to this opening section arguably poses what, at face value, may seem like an inane
question: who is the consumer in the circular economy? This is a question to which the most …

There has been much recent discussion concerning the conceptual and empirical viability
and value of the distinction between social class and social status, and in particular as …