@article{452159, author = {Scharoun, Lisa,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/452159}, title = {America at the mall the cultural role of a retail utopia / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {McFarland & Co.,}, abstract = {"This study explores the spiritual, emotional and physical effects of the enclosed shopping mall on the public, chronicling the growth of the mall as a popular development model, its role in shaping urban and suburban life in the United States, its positive and negative aspects on society and the environment and its future viability given economic conditions"--Provided by publisher.}, recid = {452159}, pages = {1 online resource (vii, 263 p.) :}, address = {Jefferson, N.C. :}, year = {2012}, }