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Books on: child consumers

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Raising Consumers: Children and the American Mass Market in the Early Twentieth Century

Book by Lisa Jacobson; Columbia University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Advertising And Children--United States--History--20th Century, Child Consumers--United States--History--20th Century, Market Segmentation--United States--History--20th Century, Target Marketing--United States--History--20th Century

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...Paradoxically, even as child labor laws im- posed new...commercial exploitation of children, child consumers were increasingly exposed...observers wondered how children could learn to live in consumer society without succumbing...
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Sold Separately: Children and Parents in Consumer Culture

Book by Ellen Seiter; Rutgers University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Child Consumers--United States, Television Advertising And Children--United States

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...friends houses, and so on . The child who leaves school will need...involve others as fellow-consumers in his consumption rituals...commodities fail to communicate to consumers is information about the process...fundamentally misunderstood, because consumers have no information about the...
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On Becoming a Consumer: The Development of Consumer Behavior Patterns in Childhood

Book by James U. Mcneal; Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007

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Child Consumers--United States, Consumer Behavior--United States

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...the same things as older children-Just like Chris does...ages six through eight, children gradually construct a new...behave. Thus, at this stage children are more outward-looking...over time-that matures the child into a bona fide consumer in this current stage discussed...is used to describe child consumers at the end of this fifth...
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Civilizing Capitalism: The National Consumers' League, Women's Activism, and Labor Standards in the New Deal Era

Book by Landon R. Y. Storrs; University of North Carolina Press, 2000

Subjects:

Children--Employment--United States--History, Industrial Welfare--United States--History, Labor Laws And Legislation--United States--History, Labor Movement--United States--History, National Consumers' League--Biography, National Consumers' League--History, New Deal, 1933-1939, Women Social Reformers--United States--Biography, Women--Employment--United States--History, Working-Women's Clubs--United States--History

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...Confederacy. 22. Virginia Consumers League, The General Assembly...Symposium in Advocacy of the Child Labor Amendment (Louisiana...of McNeill, "History of Child Labor Legislation in Louisiana." 27. "Consumers League Official Thinks S...
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Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture

Book by Elizabeth Chin; University of Minnesota Press, 2001

Subjects:

African American Children--Connecticut--New Haven, African American Consumers--Connecticut--New Haven, Consumption (Economics)--Connecticut--New Haven, Purchasing Power--Connecticut--New Haven

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...created and enforced through consumer channels. In ethnographically...generation has entered a new consumer world where the forms and...family conversation. For children like those in this study...than ever before. These children had been targeted as consumers since before birth; the 1980s saw a burgeoning of child-oriented commodities from...

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Journal Articles on: child consumers

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Children as Consumers: Advertising and Marketing

Journal article by Sandra L. Calvert; The Future of Children, Vol. 18, 2008

Subjects:

Advertising--Reports, Advertising--Training, Alcohol and youth--Reports, Alcohol and youth--Training, Broadcasting industry--Reports, Broadcasting industry--Training, Celebrities--Reports, Celebrities--Training, Child behavior--Reports, Child behavior--Training, Child welfare--Reports, Child welfare--Training, Children--Behavior, Children--Reports, Children--Training, Consumer preferences--Reports, Consumer preferences--Training, Consumer research--Reports, Consumer research--Training, Diet--Reports, Diet--Training, Direct marketing--Reports, Direct marketing--Training, Juvenile drinking--Reports, Juvenile drinking--Training, Literacy--Reports, Literacy--Training, Marketing research--Reports, Marketing research--Training, Public service advertising--Reports, Public service advertising--Training, School food services--Reports, School food services--Training, School lunches--Reports, School lunches--Training, School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc.--Reports, School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc.--Training, Software--Reports, Software--Training, Teenage consumers--Reports, Teenage consumers--Training, Telecommunication--Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunication--Reports, Telecommunication--Training, Telecommunications regulations--Reports, Telecommunications regulations--Training, United States. Federal Communications Commission--Reports, United States. Federal Communications Commission--Training, Video game equipment--Reports, Video game equipment--Training, Video games--Equipment and supplies, Video games--Reports, Video games--Training, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Reports, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Training, Web sites--Reports, Web sites--Training

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...addresses product marketing to children and shows that although marketers have targeted children for decades, two recent...increased their interest in child consumers. First, both the discretionary income of children and their power to influence...techniques can also undermine the consumer defenses even of older children...
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The Commodification of Childhood: The Children's Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer

Journal article by Lisa Jacobson; Journal of Social History, Vol. 38, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, he Commodification of Childhood: The Children's Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...class and minority children? What other ways of...that "the rise of the child consumer is part of a larger...toward enfranchising children as full persons in...disenfranchised diverse groups of child consumers. Lisa Jacobson University...
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Raising Consumers: Children and the American Mass Market in the Early Twentieth Century

Journal article by Steven Mintz; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Raising Consumers: Children and the American Mass Market in the Early Twentieth Century (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Raising Consumers: Children and the American...sought to sequester their children within the home or in adult...expression and provided a way for children in smaller families to entertain...allowances as a way to teach children to manage money and to reduce...and other products featuring child consumers. To cultivate childrens...
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"Edutaining" Children: Consumer and Gender Socialization in Japanese Marketing

Journal article by Millie R. Creighton; Ethnology, Vol. 33, 1994

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Children as consumers--Japan, Children in Japan--Social aspects, Consumer education--Japan, Socialization--Japan

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Japanese society. The children who excel in spatial...architect. Even though the child who does poorly in...be admired in male children, namely athletics...epitomize domestic and consumer roles expected of women...services designed for children represent a shift toward...socialize Japanese consumers for the tomo no kai...tomo no kai prompt consumer expenditures at particular...
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Constituting Savvy Aunties: from Childless Women to Child-focused Consumers

Journal article by Sara Hayden; Women's Studies in Communication, Vol. 34, 2011

Subjects:

Awards & honors, Census of Population, Children & youth, Consumer behavior, Families & family life, Mothers, Society, Trends, Women

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...Childless Women to Child-focused Consumers by Sara Hayden...women do not have children, and 20% of women...one partake in consumer culture, yet a...relationship with her children has long stood...posits the mother-child relationship as...central route to children as the giving of...trend toward the consumer-saturated child. As I have argued...

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Magazine Articles on: child consumers

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Q: Should Consumers Hold U.S. Retailers Responsible for Child Labor Abroad?

Magazine article by George Miller, Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, July 15, 1996

Subjects:

Children--Employment, Consumers--Attitudes, International trade--Moral and ethical aspects, Retail industry--Moral and ethical aspects, Youth--Employment

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...amount of money earned by most child workers is generally a small...family income. Although children work because they are victims...the cycle of poverty." Children often are paid less than...consensus among experts that child workers are generally less...sweatshops, according to consumer surveys. But consumers rarely are able to tell what...
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Living with Nature: Consumer Choices for Children

Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 114, September 2005

Subjects:

American Museum of Natural History, Children & youth, Consumer education, Environmental education, Environmental protection

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

Living with Nature: Consumer Choices for Children Thursday, September 22 6...fall, the series focuses on children. On Thursday, September...environmental stewardship in children in the face of an increasingly...include: * Louise Chawla, child development specialist and...
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Good Nutrition for Your Growing Child

Magazine article by Ellen Hale; FDA Consumer, Vol. 21, April 1987

Subjects:

Children--Food and nutrition, Diet--Health aspects, Nutrition--Standards, United States. Department of Agriculture--Standards

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...expertssay, is that their children have special dietary...You cant just feed a child an adult diet, adjusting...in the May 1986 FDA Consumer). Parents concerned...problems of obesityamong children on the increasing array...the February 1986 FDA Consumer.) However, the American...onprudent lifestyles for children issued last September...
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Preventing Dehydration in Children

Magazine article by Rebecca D. Williams; FDA Consumer, Vol. 30, July 1996

Subjects:

Childhood diarrhea--Care and treatment, Dehydration (Physiology)--Prevention, Diarrhea in children--Care and treatment, Oral rehydration therapy--Usage

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...frequently starts at night, and a small child can get dehydrated very quickly." Yet many physicians do not recommend ORT for children suffering from diarrhea. According...tell parents to withhold food from a child and give clear liquids such as fruit...down, it will be absorbed. But if the child vomits it back up, intravenous rehydration...drugstores are usually formulated just for children. Adults are usually able to tolerate...
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How to Give Medicine to Children

Magazine article by Rebecca D. Williams; FDA Consumer, Vol. 30, January 1996

Subjects:

Aspirin--Health aspects, Child health--Health aspects, Children--Health aspects, Drug administration and dosage, Drugs--Dosage and administration

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...Younger and Trickier The younger the child, the trickier using medicine is. Children under 2 years shouldnt be given any...make adults feel sluggish, will make a child hyperactive. Amphetamines, which stimulate adults, can calm children. When giving any drug to a child, watch closely for side effects...

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Newspaper Articles on: child consumers

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Caring Parents Are Careful Consumers: Children Can Be Susceptible to Media

Newspaper article by Andrew Shulman; The Washington Times, August 17, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Caring parents are careful consumers: Children can be susceptible to media by...and movies commonly watched by children. Ted Baehr, chairman of the...educated about how to teach their children the critical thinking skills and...
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Car Makers Squabble over Safety Seats as 100 Children a Year Die; Consumer Check

Newspaper article by Michelle Carter; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 20, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...100 Children a Year Die; Consumer Check. by Michelle Carter...firms and experts - while 100 children a year die in crashes. The...under three must be put in a child seat if they are in the front...youngsters are not put in car child seats...or are strapped...dont realise that if their children are sent flying in an accident...lives could be saved." Consumers Association spokesman Peter...
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Your LIFE: How to Stop Your Kids Costing You a Fortune; CONSUMER Bringing Up a Child to the Age of 21 Costs an Average Pounds 186,000. Here's How You Can Make Valuable Savings

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 22, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Kids Costing You a Fortune; CONSUMER Bringing Up a Child to the Age of 21 Costs an Average...comes to the cost of raising a child. Many parents also shell out...help youre entitled to... CHILD BENEFIT USE IT FOR: Everyday...child a nest-egg at 18. All children born on or after September...
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Consumer: Phone Boss Dodges Child-Porn Claims; HE BLAMES CLIENT FOR SICK LINES

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 23, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Consumer: Phone Boss Dodges Child-Porn Claims; HE BLAMES CLIENT FOR...firm fined pounds 50,000 for peddling child porn told us this week: "I dont know...Telecom had been condemned over sadistic child-sex fantasies on premium-rate phonelines...
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CHILD SLAVES: SILENCE LETS THIS EVIL FLOURISH; Consumer Minister KIM HOWELLS Writes for the Sunday Mirror

Newspaper article by Kim Howells; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 24, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CHILD SLAVES: SILENCE LETS THIS EVIL FLOURISH; Consumer Minister KIM HOWELLS Writes...crusade to expose the cruelty of child labour reminds us that few...pockets of some employer who pays children slave wages for working in...weapons with which to fight child labour. Ministers from all...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: child consumers

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Consumers' League, National

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONSUMERS LEAGUE, NATIONAL organization...investigate factories and to educate consumers in purchasing habits. For...passed inspection, and many consumers learned to purchase only those...abolition in most states of child labor...
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Sweating System

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Employees were typically found among women, children, the elderly, and invalids. The worst...Civil War period, when the wives and children of soldiers were employed in making...both owned and staffed by immigrants. Consumers have protested against apparel manufacturers...for their use of Asian sweatshops and child labor. See B. Webb, How Best to Do...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to meet barbarian threats elsewhere. The garrisons had been consumers of the products of local artisans as well as of imports; as...including old-age pensions, health and unemployment insurance, child health laws, and more progressive taxation. The budget sponsored...
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Health and Human Services, United States Department Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...department has several components. The Administration for Children and Families is responsible for Operation Head Start, the enforcement of child support laws, and programs concerning adoption, job training...concerns through the National Institutes of Health , protects consumers from adulterated or untested foods and drugs through the...

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