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Author:

Lemov, Michael R., 1935-

Title:

People's warrior : John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights / Michael R. Lemov.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxi, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Moss, John E.--(John Emerson),--1913-
Legislators--United States--Biography.
United States--House--House--Biography.
Government information--United States--History.
Freedom of information--United States--History.
Consumer protection--History.--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: the consumer decade -- Troubled roots: a little town in the valley -- Dangerous ground: the California Assembly -- I went to bed a loser: the road to Congress -- The people's right to know: a distant shore -- The Freedom of Information Act: perilous journey -- The Product Safety Act: consumer as guinea pig -- Reviving the Federal Trade Commission: the Magnuson-Moss Act -- Investor protection: breaking Wall Street's monopoly -- Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil: changing times -- Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats -- Freedom of information today: the torture memos -- Epilogue: the legacy.

ISBN:

1611470250 (ebk.)
9781611470253 (ebk.)
161147471X (paper: alk. paper)
9781611474718 (paper: alk. paper)
1611470242 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611470246 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)707887021

LCCN:

2011011373

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)