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Author:

Jacobs, Meg, 1969-

Title:

Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America / Meg Jacobs.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Income distribution--United States--History--20th century.
Purchasing power--United States--History--20th century.
Consumption (Economics)--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Economic conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-326) and index.

Contents:

From the bargain basement to the bargaining table, 1900-1917 -- Business without a buyer, 1917-1930 -- The New Deal and the problem of prices, 1930-1935 -- The New Deal and the problem of wages, 1935-1940 -- The consumer goes to war, 1940-1946 -- Pocketbook politics in an age of inflation, 1946-1960.

Series:

Politics and society in twentieth-century America

ISBN:

9780691086644 (alk. paper)
0691086648 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54487395

LCCN:

2004043418

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)