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Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America /
""How much does it cost?"" We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. But, as Pocketbook Politics dramatically shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern. In this g...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Economic Citizenship in the Twentieth Century; PART I. THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND THE RISE OF POCKETBOOK POLITICS, 1900-1930; Chapter One: From the Bargain Basement to the Bargaining Table, 1900-1917; Chapter Two: Business without a Buyer, 1917-1930; PART II. PURCHASING POWER TO THE PEOPLE,1930-1940; Chapter Three: The New Deal and the Problem of Prices, 1930-1935; Chapter Four: The New Deal and the Problem of Wages, 1935-1940; PART III. THE EVILS OF INFLATION IN WAR AND PEACE, 1940-1960.
- Chapter Five: The Consumer Goes to War, 1940-1946Chapter Six: Pocketbook Politics in an Age of Inflation, 1946-1960; Epilogue: Back to Bargain Hunting; Notes; Index.