Pocketbook Politics Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America

Name: Pocketbook Politics Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America
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ISBN: 9780691130415

ISBN-10: 0691130418

ISBN-13: 9780691130415

Edition: 2004

Authors: Meg Jacobs

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"How much does it cost?" We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. But, as Pocketbook Politics dramatically shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern.In this groundbreaking study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics provided the engine for American political conflict throughout the twentieth century. From Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon, national politics turned on public anger over the high cost of living.Beginning with the explosion of prices at the turn of the century, every strike, demonstration, and boycott was, in effect, a protest against…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Economic Citizenship in the Twentieth Century



The High Cost of Living and the Rise of Pocketbook Politics, 1900-1930



From the Bargain Basement to the Bargaining Table, 1900-1917



Business without a Buyer, 1917-1930



Purchasing Power to the People, 1930-1940



The New Deal and the Problem of Prices, 1930-1935



The New Deal and the Problem of Wages, 1935-1940



The Evils of Inflation in War and Peace, 1940-1960



The Consumer Goes to War, 1940-1946



Pocketbook Politics in an Age of Inflation, 1946-1960


Epilogue: Back to Bargain Hunting


Notes


Index