Legislative foundations of American consumer society :: regulation, deregulation and their impacts from the 1930s to today /

"The current literature on consumerism is diverse, scattered, and unsystematic. This book remedies this by identifying the beginning of mass consumer society in the United States, starting with the New Deal. The New Deal framework of guaranteeing new home purchases by means of low-down payment,...

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Main Author: Sullivan, Bob, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2021]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"The current literature on consumerism is diverse, scattered, and unsystematic. This book remedies this by identifying the beginning of mass consumer society in the United States, starting with the New Deal. The New Deal framework of guaranteeing new home purchases by means of low-down payment, fixed-rate home mortgages lasted until the 1970s, at which time the legal framework unraveled due to a sustained attack on New Deal racism. Despite this, American consumerism continued and even flourished without a regulatory structure. This book analyzes seven key pieces of federal legislation which undergird American consumer society to this day"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476644059
1476644055

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