Keeping up with the Joneses : envy in American consumer society, 1890-1930 / Susan J. Matt.

Author/creator Matt, Susan J., 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003.
Description223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Social values--United States. --History.
Envy--Social aspects.
Social status--United States. --History.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects. --United States.
Social change--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents City women and the quest for status -- Envy in the office -- "The prizes of life lie away from the farm" -- Coming of age in consumer society.
General noteBased on her Ph. D. thesis presented to Cornell University 1996.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-214) and index.
LCCN 2002029110
ISBN0812236866 (cloth : alk. paper)