People's warrior : John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights /

It is hard to believe that there was a time, not long ago, when there was no right to obtain government information, no protection against hazards in children's toys and other consumer products, no federal safety standards for motor vehicles, and no insurance to protect an investors' money...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lemov, Michael R., 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Moss, John E. > (John Emerson), > 1915-1997.
Moss, John E. > (John Emerson), > 1913-
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Government information > United States > History.
Freedom of information > United States > History.
Consumer protection > Government policy > United States > History.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Information sur l'État > États-Unis > Histoire.
Liberté d'information > États-Unis > Histoire.
Consommateurs > Protection > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Consumer protection > Government policy
Freedom of information
Government information
Legislators
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: the consumer decade
  • Troubled roots : a little town in the valley
  • Dangerous ground : the California Assembly
  • I went to bed a loser : the road to Congress
  • The people's right to know : a distant shore
  • The Freedom of Information Act : perilous journey
  • The Product Safety Act : consumer as guinea pig
  • Reviving the Federal Trade Commission : the Magnuson-Moss Act
  • Investor protection : breaking Wall Street's monopoly
  • Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil : changing times
  • Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats
  • Freedom of information today : the torture memos
  • Epilogue : the legacy.

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