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BL
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1003708
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b758078
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| Main Entry
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Szasz, Andrew,1947-
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| Title & Author
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Shopping our way to safety : : how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves /\ Andrew Szasz.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xi, 323 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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0816653704
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: 9780816653706
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0816635080
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0816635099
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9780816635085
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9780816635092
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-317) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: inverted quarantine -- Two historical case studies -- The fallout shelter panic of 1961 -- Suburbanization as inverted quarantine -- Assembling a personal commodity bubble for one's body -- Drinking -- Eating -- Breathing -- Consequences of inverted quarantine -- Imaginary refuge -- Political anesthesia -- Conclusion: the future of an illusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Many Americans today rightly fear that they are exposed to toxins in their environment. Yet we have responded not by pushing for governmental regulation, but instead by shopping. Andrew Szasz examines this phenomenon and argues that when consumers believe that they are buying a defense from hazards, they feel less urgency to fix them. To achieve real protection, he concludes, we must give up individual solutions and together seek reform.
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Consumption (Economics)-- United States.
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Environmental economics-- United States.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.
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Consumption (Economics)
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Environmental economics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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339.4/70973
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| LC Classification
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HC110.E5S93 2007eb
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