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[[Land of Desire 01|Chapter 1.]] The Dawn of a Commercial Empire
[[Land of Desire 01|Chapter 1.]] The Dawn of a Commercial Empire


[[Land of Desire 02|Chapter 2.]] Facades of Color, Glass, and Light
[[Land of Desire 02|Chapter 2.]] Facades of Color, Glass, and Light


[[Land of Desire 03|Chapter 3.]] Interiors
[[Land of Desire 03|Chapter 3.]] Interiors


[[Land of Desire 04|Chapter 4.]] Fashion and the Indispensable Thing
[[Land of Desire 04|Chapter 4.]] Fashion and the Indispensable Thing


[[Land of Desire 05|Chapter 5.]] Ali Baba's Lamp: Service for Private and Public Benefit
[[Land of Desire 05|Chapter 5.]] Ali Baba's Lamp: Service for Private and Public Benefit




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[[Land of Desire 06|Chapter 6.]] "Business Runs the World": Institutional Coalitions Behind the New Order
[[Land of Desire 06|Chapter 6.]] “Business Runs the World”: Institutional Coalitions Behind the New Order


[[Land of Desire 07|Chapter 7.]] Wanamaker's Simple Life and the Moral Failure of Established Religion
[[Land of Desire 07|Chapter 7.]] Wanamaker’s Simple Life and the Moral Failure of Established Religion


[[Land of Desire 08|Chapter 8.]] Mind Cure and the Happiness Machine
[[Land of Desire 08|Chapter 8.]] Mind Cure and the Happiness Machine
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[[Land of Desire 09|Chapter 9.]] "An Age of Consolidation": Goods, Money, and Mergermania
[[Land of Desire 09|Chapter 9.]] “An Age of Consolidation”: Goods, Money, and Mergermania


[[Land of Desire 10|Chapter 10.]] "Sell Them Their Dreams"
[[Land of Desire 10|Chapter 10.]] “Sell Them Their Dreams”


[[Land of Desire 11|Chapter 11.]] The Spectacles
[[Land of Desire 11|Chapter 11.]] The Spectacles

Revision as of 22:07, 28 September 2024

Leach, William. Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture, Vintage Books, New York, 1993.


Preface

Introduction: The Land of Desire and the Culture of Consumer Capitalism

Conclusion: Legacies


I: Strategies of Enticement


Chapter 1. The Dawn of a Commercial Empire

Chapter 2. Facades of Color, Glass, and Light

Chapter 3. Interiors

Chapter 4. Fashion and the Indispensable Thing

Chapter 5. Ali Baba's Lamp: Service for Private and Public Benefit


II: Circuits of Power


Chapter 6. “Business Runs the World”: Institutional Coalitions Behind the New Order

Chapter 7. Wanamaker’s Simple Life and the Moral Failure of Established Religion

Chapter 8. Mind Cure and the Happiness Machine


III: Managing a Dream Culture: 1922-1932


Chapter 9. “An Age of Consolidation”: Goods, Money, and Mergermania

Chapter 10. “Sell Them Their Dreams”

Chapter 11. The Spectacles

Chapter 12. Herbert Hoover's Emerald City and Managerial Government