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A consumers' republic, the politics of mass consumption in postwar America, Lizabeth Cohen

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A consumers' republic, the politics of mass consumption in postwar America, Lizabeth Cohen
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
A consumers' republic
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bibliography
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49530256
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Lizabeth Cohen
Sub title
the politics of mass consumption in postwar America
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
Table Of 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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