Building a Stable, Prosperous Postwar America
Title | Building a Stable, Prosperous Postwar America PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 1945 |
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Building a Stable, Prosperous Postwar America
Title | Building a Stable, Prosperous Postwar America PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | |
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Official U.S. Government Information Program on Economic Stabilization
Title | Official U.S. Government Information Program on Economic Stabilization PDF eBook |
Author | United States. War Information Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Official U.S. Government Information Program on Economic Stabilization
Title | Official U.S. Government Information Program on Economic Stabilization PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of War Information |
Publisher | |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 1945 |
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A Consumers' Republic
Title | A Consumers' Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Lizabeth Cohen |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 578 |
Release | 2008-12-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0307555364 |
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 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.
Miscellaneous Publication
Title | Miscellaneous Publication PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of Temporary Controls |
Publisher | |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 1947 |
Genre | Rationing |
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Winning the Peace
Title | Winning the Peace PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Office of Price Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Price regulation |
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