Childhood under siege : how big business callously targets children / Joel Bakan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670069071 :
- ISBN: 9780143170433 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: x, 277 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Allen Lane Canada, c2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Alternative subtitle from cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The century of the child -- Whack your soul mate and boneless girl -- The new curriculum of childhood -- Prescriptions for profit -- Pom-poms for pills -- A dangerous and unnatural experiment -- Precautionary tales -- In our own backyard -- Race to nowhere -- Narrowing minds. |
Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Target marketing. Corporations > Moral and ethical aspects. Child consumers. Child welfare. Children > Health and hygiene. |
Topic Heading: | Festival of the Written Arts 2012 |
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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Prince Rupert Library | 339.47083 Baka (Text) | 33294001775634 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Beaver Valley Public Library | 339.4 BAK (Text) | 35144000053772 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Burns Lake Public Library | 339.4 Bak (Text) | 35198000401373 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | 339.47083 BAK (Text) | 35146001708577 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fernie Heritage Library | 339.47083 BAK (Text) | 35136000290628 | Adult Non Fic | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort Nelson Public Library | 339.4 BAK (Text) | 35246000729499 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Lillooet Branch | 339.4708 BAK (Text) | 35180000249549 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Smithers Public Library | ANF 339.47 BAK (Text) | 35101000339643 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Terrace Public Library | 339.4 Bak (Text) | 35151000235242 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Tumbler Ridge Public Library | ANF 339.47083 BAK (Text) | TRL058366 | Entertaining Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Random House, Inc.
From the writer of the hit film and international bestselling book The Corporation comes a shocking venture behind the scenes of the widespread manipulation of children by profit-seeking corporations—and of society’s failure to protect them.
Childhood Under Seige reveals big business’s discovery of a new resource to be mined for profit—our children. A journey through a world of unabashed exploitation, clued-out parents, and governments that look the other way, it tells the chilling and at times darkly humorous story of business’s plans to turn kids into obsessive and narcissistic mini-consumers, media addicts, cheap and pliable workers, and chemical industry guinea pigs. Not to mention pharmaceutical pill poppers—psychotropic drug consumption by children has increased fivefold since 1980.
It’s a winner-takes-all battle for children’s hearts, minds and bodies as corporations pump billions into rendering parents and governments powerless to protect children from their calculated commercial assault and its disturbing toll on their health and well-being.