Download or read book The Dialectics of Shopping written by Daniel Miller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical London street, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole.