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This Palgrave Pivot offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the United States. For generations Black people have been told they have what is now said to be more than one trillion dollars of "buying power," and this book argues that commentators have misused this claim largely to blame Black communities for their own poverty based on squandered economic opportunity. This book exposes the claim as both a marketing strategy and myth, while also showing how that myth functions simultaneously as a case study for propaganda and commercial media coverage of economics. In sum, while “buying power” is indeed an economic and marketing phrase applied to any number of racial, ethnic, religious, gender, age or group of consumers, it has a specific application to Black America.

African Americans --- Economic conditions. --- Welfare economics. --- Economic history. --- African Americans. --- Culture—Economic aspects. --- Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy. --- Economic History. --- African American Culture. --- Cultural Economics. --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Economic policy --- Social policy --- Black people

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Picture a familiar scene: long lines of shoppers waiting to check out at the grocery store, carts filled to the brim with the week's food. While many might wonder what is in each cart, Andrew Warnes implores us to consider the symbolism of the cart itself. In his inventive new book, Warnes examines how the everyday shopping cart is connected to a complex web of food production and consumption that has spread from the United States throughout the world. Today, shopping carts represent choice and autonomy for consumers, a recognizable American way of life that has become a global phenomenon. This succinct and and accessible book provides an excellent overview of consumerism and the globalization of American culture.

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Picture a familiar scene: long lines of shoppers waiting to check out at the grocery store, carts filled to the brim with the week's food. While many might wonder what is in each cart, Andrew Warnes implores us to consider the symbolism of the cart itself. In his inventive new book, Warnes examines how the everyday shopping cart is connected to a complex web of food production and consumption that has spread from the United States throughout the world. Today, shopping carts represent choice and autonomy for consumers, a recognizable American way of life that has become a global phenomenon. This succinct and and accessible book provides an excellent overview of consumerism and the globalization of American culture.

Shopping carts --- Consumption (Economics) --- Shopping --- Merchandising --- History. --- academic. --- accessible. --- america. --- american culture. --- analysis. --- buggy. --- consumerism. --- consumers. --- daily life. --- day to day. --- easy to understand. --- everyday items. --- food consumption. --- food production. --- food shopping. --- global phenomenon. --- globalization. --- grocery cart. --- grocery shopping. --- grocery store. --- scholarly. --- shopping cart. --- shopping. --- symbolism. --- united states.

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This book follows the development of industrial agriculture in California and its influence on both regional and national eating habits. Early California politicians and entrepreneurs envisioned agriculture as a solution to the food needs of the expanding industrial nation. The state’s climate, geography, vast expanses of land, water, and immigrant workforce when coupled with university research and governmental assistance provided a model for agribusiness. In a short time, the San Francisco Bay Area became a hub for guaranteeing Americans access to a consistent quantity of quality foods. To this end, California agribusiness played a major role in national food policies and subsequently produced a bifurcated California Cuisine that sustained both Slow and Fast Food proponents. Problems arose as mid-twentieth century social activists battled the unresponsiveness of government agencies to corporate greed, food safety, and environmental sustainability. By utilizing multidisciplinary literature and oral histories the book illuminates a more balanced look at how a California Cuisine embraced Slow Food Made Fast.

Culture --- United States --- Oral history. --- Civilization --- Ethics. --- Agriculture. --- Agricultural economics. --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- American Culture. --- Cultural History. --- Agricultural Ethics. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Oral History. --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- Cooking, American --- California style. --- California cooking --- Cooking, California --- United States-Study and teaching. --- Civilization-History. --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- History --- Oral biography --- Oral tradition --- Economic aspects --- Methodology --- United States—Study and teaching. --- Civilization—History. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply

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This book is about television in Latin America. Its national and regional industries create most television programming there within genres developed over time in the region. However, part of the programming has always come from the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. With cable, satellite and now streaming TV, that inflow of foreign programming has increased substantially. While many in the audience still prefer national or regional programs for their cultural proximity, an increasing number among the upper-middle and middle classes, particularly the young, are turning to the new foreign services, like Netflix, Amazon and Disney for class distinction, cosmopolitanism or other motives. Among the television industries global regional and national actors are creating a variety of programs and channels (broadcast, pay-TV and streaming) to segment and appeal to different parts of the audience. Joseph Straubhaar is the Amon G. Carter, Sr. Centennial Professor of Communication in the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin. He was previously Director of the Brazil Center in the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies. He was co-author of Latin American Television Industries. His research focuses on global media, television in Latin America, and the digital divide in Texas and Latin America. Melissa Santillana is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on international media flows, border studies, activist movements, feminist activism, digital media, and digital inequality. Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University and a Research Fellow at the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Her research lies in the intersection of transnational media, digital journalism, consensus building, and Latin America. Luiz Guilherme Duarte is an international media research executive with awards for the developments of pioneer television measurement services. He is also adjunct professor at University of Central Florida.

Television. --- Radio vision --- TV --- Artificial satellites in telecommunication --- Electronic systems --- Optoelectronic devices --- Telecommunication --- Astronautics --- Optical communication systems --- Motion pictures, American. --- Ethnology—Latin America. --- Culture. --- Motion picture industry. --- Television broadcasting. --- Popular Culture. --- Latin American Film and TV. --- Latin American Culture. --- Film and Television Industry. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Telecasting --- Television --- Television industry --- Broadcasting --- Mass media --- Film industry (Motion pictures) --- Moving-picture industry --- Cultural industries --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- American motion pictures --- Moving-pictures, American --- Foreign films --- Social aspects --- Popular culture.