Introduction
The striking emergence of ‘consumer society’ in the Low Countries during the twentieth century came about in two waves. The first – from around 1920 until the 1960s – saw the discovery of the individual figure of the consumer. During the second, postwar wave, the notion of a society made up of consumers took hold. Commonalities between the Low Countries and other parts of the world facilitated a transnational dialogue about the place of consumers and the shaping of a society which could accommodate them. The crucial role companies, officials and civic organisations played in shaping consumer s... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap
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Schlagwörter: | History / Low Countries / Netherlands / Belgium / consumption history |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27362625 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://bmgn-lchr.nl/article/view/6641 |