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A Consumers' Republic : The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
A Consumers' Republic The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
Author: Lizabeth Cohen
In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life. — Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became sy...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780375707377
ISBN-10: 0375707379
Publication Date: 12/30/2003
Pages: 576
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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great book, very well written. much better for research and education than an indulgence, really.
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