Publish Date |
January 03, 2005 |
Category |
Business & Economics / Industries / Retailing Social Science / Popular Culture |
Price |
$22.00 |
ISBN: 9780743235921
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: January 03, 2005
The Atlantic Fascinating...Call of the Mall's unique contribution to the field is less the sociological analysis than the shock of personal recognition Underhill provokes as he lasers in on some unexamined moments in modern life. Only a retail specialist could be so attuned to the human condition in all its shabby, formless boredom...Underhill is our bard of the suburbs.The Boston Globe Underhill has the social scientist's uncanny ability to describe what is right under our noses with a lucidity that makes the mundane buying, selling, chowing down, hanging out positively riveting. The picture he leaves us with is surprisingly provocative...What malls do right, what they do wrong, and how they must adapt or else come into clear focus in this entertaining, unconventional survey.The New York Times Underhill's sharp observations...have an obvious appeal for anyone who has ever been manipulated by discreet mall psychology.