Selling Out or Buying In?: Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985

by Michael Dawson

Until the late 1950s residents of Vancouver and Victoria negotiated a shopping landscape that would be unrecognizable to today's consumers: most stores were closed for at least half the day on Wednesdays, prevented from opening during the evenings, and were banned from operating on Sundays. Since that decade, however, British Columbians, and Canadians generally, have made significant strides in gaining greater and easier access to consumer goods.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487521863
• ISBN13: 9781487521868
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher