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Tables of Contents for The Overspent American
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
4
Preface
xiii
1 Introduction
1
24
2 Communicating with Commodities: How What We Buy Speaks Volumes
25
18
3 The Visible Lifestyle: American Symbols of Status
43
22
4 When Spending Becomes You
65
46
5 The Downshifter Next Door
111
32
6 Learning Diderot's Lesson: Stopping the Upward Creep of Desire
143
26
Epilogue: Will Consuming Less Wreck the Economy?
169
6
Bibliography
175
22
Appendixes
197
12
Organizations
209
2
Notes
211
34
Index
245