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Trams or tailfins? : public and private prosperity in postwar West Germany and the United States /

In the years that followed World War II, both the United States and the newly formed West German republic had an opportunity to remake their economies. Since then, much has been made of a supposed "Americanization" of European consumer societies-in Germany and elsewhere. Arguing against th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Logemann, Jan L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Divergent paths to mass consumer modernity
  • State : private consumption and the framework of public policy. Politics of mass consumption ; Public and private consumption in affluent societies
  • Society : the social significance of consumption. What the people want ; Menace or promise?
  • Space : urban and suburban spaces of consumption. Urban and suburban living ; Shaping the postwar consumer city
  • Conclusion.