01728cam a2200241   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022020003300061020003300094020003600127020003600163050002300199082002400222100002600246245012100272260005700393300003700450504006300487505039600550520045400946650004301400650004301443731820190415123237.0070628s2007    mnuab    b   s001 0 eng  a0816635080 (hc : alk. paper)  a0816635099 (pb : alk. paper)  a9780816635085 (hc : alk. paper)  a9780816635092 (pb : alk. paper)00aHC110.E5bS93 200700a305 G6618r 20142221 aSzasz, Andrew,d1947-10aShopping our way to safety :bhow we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves /cAndrew Szasz  aMinneapolis :bUniversity of Minnesota Press,cc2007  axi, 323 p. :bill., map ;c24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-317) and index0 aIntroduction: inverted quarantine -- Two historical case studies -- The fallout shelter panic of 1961 -- Suburbanization as inverted quarantine -- Assembling a personal commodity bubble for one's body -- Drinking -- Eating -- Breathing -- Consequences of inverted quarantine -- Imaginary refuge -- Political anesthesia -- Conclusion: the future of an illusion -- Notes -- References -- Index  aMany Americans today rightly fear that they are exposed  to toxins in their environment. Yet we have responded not  by pushing for governmental regulation, but instead by  shopping. Andrew Szasz examines this phenomenon and  argues that when consumers believe that they are buying a  defense from hazards, they feel less urgency to fix them.  To achieve real protection, he concludes, we must give up  individual solutions and together seek reform.  0aConsumption (Economics)zUnited States 0aEnvironmental economicszUnited States