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The Evolution of Research in Consumer Science: A 200-Year Perspective

University of Alabama

This article traces the evolution of research in consumer science and highlights historical, social, institutional, and economic events that shaped the field. It gives an overview of research conducted from the late 1790s to the 1990s in the areas of family economics, consumer economics, consumption economics, and home management and chronicles legislative and administrative developments that affected consumer science research. Research topics, the use of theory or lack thereof, and typical statistical techniques are summarized at the end of each historic period.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, 223-239 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X01302005


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