Consumers' Republic

The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America

Autor: Lizabeth Cohen

Jazyk:

Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Random House USA Inc

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele v malém množství

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In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen sho...

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Autor

Lizabeth Cohen

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2003

Stránek

576

EAN

9780375707377

ISBN

0375707379

Enbook ID

08850211

Vydavatel

Random House USA Inc

Hmotnost

486

Rozměry

202 x 133 x 30

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In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life. Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became synonymous with patriotism, social equality, and the American Dream. Material goods came to embody the promise of America, and the power of consumers to purchase everything from vacuum cleaners to convertibles gave rise to the power of citizens to purchase political influence and effect social change. Yet despite undeniable successes and unprecedented affluence, mass consumption also fostered economic inequality and the fracturing of society along gender, class, and racial lines. In charting the complex legacy of our "Consumers' Republic" Lizabeth Cohen has written a bold, encompassing, and profoundly influential book.

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