01819cam a2200277 4500 6238 6238 7318 20190415123237.0 070628s2007 mnuab b s001 0 eng 0816635080 (hc : alk. paper) 0816635099 (pb : alk. paper) 9780816635085 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816635092 (pb : alk. paper) HC110.E5 S93 2007 305 G6618r 2014 22 Szasz, Andrew, 1947- Shopping our way to safety : how we changed from protecting the environment to protecting ourselves / Andrew Szasz Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007 xi, 323 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-317) and index Introduction: 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 Many 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. Consumption (Economics) United States Environmental economics United States ddc MAIN 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 11273 0 306 SZA 30010827 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN