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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...

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Autor principal: Jacobs, Meg, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumario:""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 groundbreaking study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics provided the engine for American political conflict throughout the twentieth century. From Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon, national politics turned on public anger over the high cost of living. Beginning with th
Notas:Originally published: 2005.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9781400843787