General Information

Author/Creator

Cohen, Lizabeth.

Language

English.

Published

New York : Vintage Books, 2004.

Physical Description

567 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents/Summary

Summary

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.

Subjects

Subject

Consumption (Economics) > United States.

Consumer behavior > United States.

United States > Social conditions > 1980-

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Lizabeth Cohen.

Content

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.

ISBN

9780375707377

0375707379

0375407502

9780375407505

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	339.4/7/0973 COH		OSA Repository	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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