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Showing Off in America: From Conspicuous Consumption to Parody Display by John Brooks

Showing Off in America: From Conspicuous Consumption to Parody Display

John Brooks
296 pages
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Jan 1984
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Presents a humorous view of contemporary American life, manners, and values, sardonically exposing the social pretensions, strange customs, and status symbols of our modern society
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