Global Problems and the Culture of CapitalismAllyn and Bacon, 1999 - 422 pages A text for a college course on global problems, focusing on those that students will have been exposed to from mass media. Incorporates the study of the biases that privileged students usually bring to the subject without realizing it, biases that would be strongly reinforced by the media coverage. |
Contents
The Child as Consumer | 23 |
The Laborer in the Culture of Capitalism | 35 |
The Era of the Global Trader | 68 |
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