Middle Class Union : Organizing the 'Consuming Public' in Post-World War I America /

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Middle Class Union" argues that the period following World War I was a pivotal moment in the development of middle-class consumer politics in the 20th century. At this time, middle-class Americans politically mobilized to define for society what was fair in the growing consumer marketplace. The...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Robbins, Mark W. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Middle class.
Economic history.
Consumers' leagues.
Consumers.
Consumer cooperatives.
HISTORY > General.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cooperatives de consommation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Consommateurs > États-Unis > Associations > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Consommateurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Middle class > United States > History > 20th century.
Consumer cooperatives > United States > History > 20th century.
Consumers' leagues > United States > History > 20th century.
Consumers > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 1918-1945.
United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Politicizing consumption in the community: middle class consumer organizing during the Progressive era and World War I
  • Becoming producers and avoiding the middleman: home garden and municipal market campaigns
  • The "flying squadron" declares war on the profiteers: the high cost of living division and federally sponsored middle-class consumer organizing
  • A nation in overalls: middle-class clothing boycotts
  • Rent war! Middle-class tenant organizing
  • Epilogue: toward a middle class union.

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