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Contents: Preface; Introduction a Grounding Consuming Space: Introduction: situating consumption, space and place, Michael K. Goodman, David Goodman, and Michael Redclift; Multiple spaces of consumption: some historical perspectives, Frank Trentmann; The seduction of space, David B. Clarke. Part I The Consumption of Space and Place: Frontier spaces of production and consumption: surfaces, appearances and representations on the a Mayan Rivieraa (TM), Michael Redclift; Recognition and redistribution in the renegotiation of rural space: the dynamics of aesthetic and ethical critiques, John Wilkinson. Part II Consumption in Space and Place: Ethical campaigning and buyer-driven commodity chains: transforming retailers' purchasing practices?, Alex Hughes, Neil Wrigley and Martin Buttle; The cultural economy of the boutique hotel: the case of the Schrager and W hotels in New York, Donald McNeill and Kim McNamara. Part III Consumption as Connection/Disconnection/Reconnection: Manufacturing meaning along the chicken supply chain: consumer anxiety and the spaces of production, Peter Jackson, Neil Ward and Polly Russell; Place and space in alternative food networks: connecting production and consumption, David Goodman. Part IV Consumption as Production and Production as Consumption: Creating palate geographies: Chilean wine and UK consumption spaces, Robert N. Gwynne; Consuming Burmese teak: anatomy of a violent luxury resource, Raymond L. Bryant; Space for change or changing spaces: exploiting virtual spaces of consumption, Angus Laing, Terry Newholm and Gill Hogg; Index.

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