A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
Language: English
Published by Vintage Books, 2003
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- Title
- A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
- Author
- Cohen, Lizabeth
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375707379
- ISBN 13
- 9780375707377
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 488 grams
- Dimensions
- 13.2 centimeters width by 20.3 centimeters height by 2.8 centimeters depth
Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became synonymous with patriotism, social equality, and the American Dream. Material goods came to embody the promise of America, and the power of consumers to purchase everything from vacuum cleaners to convertibles gave rise to the power of citizens to purchase political influence and effect social change. Yet despite undeniable successes and unprecedented affluence, mass consumption also fostered economic inequality and the fracturing of society along gender, class, and racial lines. In charting the complex legacy of our "Consumers' Republic" Lizabeth Cohen has written a bold, encompassing, and profoundly influential book.
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