____________ emerged in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century modernity and transformed citizens and workers into individuals who saw purchases of mass-produced goods as legitimately and necessarily motivated by desire for status and symbolic cultural capital, and not just by need or for investment.
A) Consumers' republics
B) Commodity fetishism
C) Consumer societies
D) Communicative capitalism

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Consumer societies emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century modernity and transformed individuals into consumers who saw purchasing mass-produced goods as legitimate and necessary for status and symbolic cultural capital, not just for need or investment.

____________ Emerged in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Modernity and Transformed