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Frank, Thomas The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism 1997 Book Critique of Consumerism, Organisation and Management Studies Culture, Counterculture, Hip Consumerism, Consumerism, Consumer Revolution, Modernism, Advertising, Creativity
Citation Frank, Thomas 1997 Book Culture Counterculture Hip Consumerism Consumerism Consumer Revolution Modernism Advertising Creativity Critique of Consumerism Organisation and Management Studies

The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism

by Frank, Thomas (1997)

Abstract

While the youth counterculture remains the most evocative and best-remembered symbol of the cultural ferment of the 1960s, the revolution that shook American business during those boom years has gone largely unremarked. In this fascinating and revealing study, Thomas Frank shows how the youthful revolutionaries were joined—and even anticipated —by such unlikely allies as the advertising industry and the men's clothing business.

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Culture, Counterculture, Hip Consumerism, Consumerism, Consumer Revolution, Modernism, Advertising, Creativity

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Critique of Consumerism, Organisation and Management Studies

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