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This case study of English shopping centers validates what is self- evident to adolescents: the relationship between consumer behavior and identity. Combining shopper surveys and focus groups with an ethnographic study, the authors--one a professor of human geography--dissect such issues as why families rarely actually shop together, the appeal of particular shopping malls to different ethnic groups, and shopping related to class identification. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.