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A Consumers' Republic by Lizabeth Cohen (2003, Paperback, Reprint) 
A Consumers' Republic by Lizabeth Cohen (2003, Paperback, Reprint)

 
A Consumers' Republic by Lizabeth Cohen (2003, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Vintage Books
Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0375707379
ISBN-13: 9780375707377
Product ID: EPID4507630
Description: Cohen, a professor of American Studies at Harvard, examines how the quest for prosperity informed much of American culture and society in the decades following World War II. Touching on a variety of movements, from activism to education,...
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Synopsis
Cohen, a professor of American Studies at Harvard, examines how the quest for prosperity informed much of American culture and society in the decades following World War II. Touching on a variety of movements, from activism to education, A CONSUMER'S REPUBLIC argues for a reappraisal of the effect consumerism has had historically and today.

Details
Publication Date:2003-12-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:576 pages
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:18.4 oz

Publisher's Note
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.

Industry Reviews
"The story is familiar. Historians and social critics have told it for years, from multiple angles. Yet few accounts are as provocative or original as A CONSUMER'S REPUBLIC, by Lizabeth Cohen..."
New York Times Book Review - David M. Oshinsky (03/02/2003)

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