Spree: A Cultural History of Shopping - Pamela Klaffke - Google Books

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Ten years ago, Faith Popcorn declared "the end of shopping" in her bestselling book The Popcorn Report. But from the looks of things, shopping is as pervasive as ever; we are a culture obsessed and beguiled by the desire for consumer goods.Journalist and…