‘Tis the Season to be spending. The holidays are a special time when Americans shop, and spend, and charge, and run up debts. What better way to celebrate this festive time than with some books on consumerism?

Anthony, Jason. Debt-Free by 30: Practical Guide for the Young, Broke, & Upwardly Mobile. HG179 A567 2001

Berger, Arthur Asa. Ads, Fads And Consumer Culture.
HF5823 .B438 2000

Bowlby, Rachel. Carried Away: The Invention Of Modern Shopping
HC79 .C6 B69 2001

Buy-ology: The Science of Buying and Selling (videocassette)
Part 1: Why We Buy Part 2: Why They Sell
HF5415.2 .B796x 2002

Cross, Gary. An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won In
Modern America
HC110 .C6 C76 2000

DeGraff, John, David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor. Affluenza: The All-
Consuming Epidemic
HN60 .D396 2001

Danaher, Kevin. Corporations are Gonna Get Your Mama. HD2755.5 C654 1996

Farrell, James J. One Nation Under Goods: Malls and the Seductions of American Shopping
HF5430.3 F37 2003

Goodman, Douglas J. Consumer Culture: A Reference Handbook
HC79. C6 G665 2004

Gregson, Nicky and Louise Crewe. Second-Hand Cultures
HF5482 .G74 2003

Hammerslough, Jane. Dematerializing: Taming The Power Of Possessions
BF698.35 A36 H36x 2001

Hine, Thomas. I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers: A Cultural History
HC79 .C6 H56 2002

How They Sell. VHS HF5415.2 B796x 2002

Kasser, Tim. Psychology and Consumer Culture: The Struggle for a Good Life in a Materialistic World. HC110 C6 P76 2004

Kilbourne, Jean. Deadly Persuasion: Why Women And Girls Must Fight The
Addictive Power Of Advertising
HF5823 .K363 1999

Kuttner, Robert. Everything for Sale: The Virtues of Markets. HC106.82 K87 1999

Lebergott, Stanley. Pursuing Happiness: American Consumers In The
Twentieth Century
HC110 .C6 L393 1993

Lewis, David and Darren Bridger. The Soul Of the New Consumer
HF5415.32 .L48 2001

Linn, Susan. Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood. HF5415.32 L56 2004

Marder, Eric. The Laws of Choice
HF5415.3 .M273 1997

Nevaer, Louis E. V. Into – And Out of – The Gap: A Cautionary Account of
An American Retailer
HF5429 .N4184 2001

Rosenblatt, Roger, ed. Consuming Desires: Consumptions, Culture, And The
Pursuit of Happiness
HC110 .C6 C586 1999

Schor, Juliet. Do Americans Shop Too Much?
HC110 .C6 D6 2000

Schwartz, Barry. The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less. BF611 S38x 2004

Shopping: A Century Of Art And Consumer Culture
N6490 .S49556x 2002

Silverstein, Michael J. Trading Up: The New American Luxury. HB841 S55 2003

Tharp, Marye C. Marketing and Consumer Identity in Multicultural America. HF5415.127 T48 2001

Twitchell, James B. Lead Us Into Temptation: The Triumph of American Materialism. HC110 C6 T89 1999

Twitchell, James B. Living It Up: Our Love Affair With Luxury
HF5415.32 .T95 2002

Underhill, Paco. The Call of the Mall. HF5430.3 U53 2004

Underhill, Paco. Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping
HF5415.2 .U53 1999

Why We Buy. VHS HF5415.2 B769x 2002

Witt, April. "Acquiring Minds: Inside America's All-Consuming Passion."
Washington Post Magazine, December 14, 2003, p. 14.

Zollo, Peter. Wise Up to Teens: Insights Into Marketing and Advertising to
Teenagers
HF5415.32 Z65 1999

Zukin, Sharon. Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture. HC110 C6 Z84 2004