| 1 | Introduction to the world of goods | |
| Part I: the rise of a mass market at the turn of the century |
| 2 | Downtown shopping | |
| 3 | Leisure time | Paper proposal due |
| 4 | The business of consumption | |
| Part II: making a middle-class society in interwar America |
| 6 | No class: meet to discuss papers | |
| 5 | Roaring twenties | Detailed bibliography due |
| 7 | Advertising the American dream | One best source due |
| 8 | Abundance and its critics (I) | |
| Part III: mass culture in postwar America |
| 9 | Status seeking in the suburbs | Introduction and outline due |
| 10 | Age of television | |
| Part IV: conspicuous consumption at century's end |
| 11 | McDonalds, microwaves, and the mega-rich | Rough draft due |
| 12 | Abundance and its critics (II) | |
| 13 | E-bay and beyond | Final paper due |