From Tailfins and TV Dinners¦To Barbie Dolls and Fallout Shelters

The study of past society in terms of what it consumes rather than what it produces is - relatively speaking - a new development. The focus on consumption chang

"In this fascinating in-depth study of the impact of nostalgia on contemporary American cinema, Christine Sprengler unpicks the history of the concept and explo

Originally published in hardcover in 2008.

There's language...and then there is the language of business. In today's offices, you're as likely to hear kitchen-sinked or sticker shock as capitalization an