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A consumers' republic : the politics of mass consumption in postwar America / Lizabeth Cohen.
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Cohen, Lizabeth
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English
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1st ed.
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New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2003.
Description
567 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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HC110.C6 C537 2003
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Subject(s)
Consumption (Economics)
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United States
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Consumer behavior
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United States
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United States
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Social conditions
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1945-
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Summary note
A social and political history describes how mass consumption and the pursuit of prosperity transformed American life during the second half of the twentieth century.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-535) and index.
Contents
Prologue
Part I : Origins of the postwar consumers' republic
Depression : rise of the citizen consumer ; War : citizen consumers do battle on the home front
Part II : Birth of the consumers' republic
Reconversion : the emergence of the consumers' republic ; Rebellion : forcing open the doors of public accommodations
Part III : Landscape of mass consumption
Residence : inequality in mass suburbia ; Commerce : reconfiguring community marketplaces
Part IV : Political culture of mass consumption
Culture : segmenting the mass ; Politics : purchasers politicized
Epilogue.
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ISBN
0375407502 ((hc.))
9780375407505 ((hc.))
9780375707377
0375707379
LCCN
2002141599
OCLC
49530256
International Article Number
9780375407505
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