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Why Americans buy so much stuff: A short history

Source: NPR

Learn about factors that have shaped modern American consumerism from professor of American History, Lizabeth Cohen.

This entry was posted in The Stuff of Consumer Culture and tagged Culture & Society, History on February 1, 2022 by molly.

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