Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture
- ISBN-10
- 068487055X
- ISBN-13
- 9780684870557
- Category
- Advertising and children
- Pages
- 275
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Juliet Schor
Description
Examines advertising strategies that promote consumerism from the earliest ages, offering advice to parents and teachers on how to reverse the damaging effects of commercialism on developing children.
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- 2014-08-19
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