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Middle class union organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America

Title
Middle class union [electronic resource] : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America / Mark W. Robbins.
Author
Robbins, Mark W.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 219 pages)
Uniform Title
Middle class union (Online)
Alternative Title
Middle class union (Online)
Subject
  • Consumers > United States > History > 20th century
  • Consumers' leagues > United States > History > 20th century
  • Consumer cooperatives > United States > History > 20th century
  • Middle class > United States > History > 20th century
  • United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Introduction -- Politicizing consumption in the community: middle class consumer organizing during the Progressive era and World War I -- Becoming producers and avoiding the middleman: home garden and municipal market campaigns -- The "flying squadron" declares war on the profiteers: the high cost of living division and federally sponsored middle-class consumer organizing -- A nation in overalls: middle-class clothing boycotts -- Rent war! Middle-class tenant organizing -- Epilogue: toward a middle class union.
LCCN
2016047590
OCLC
ssj0001831118
Author
Robbins, Mark W.
Title
Middle class union [electronic resource] : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America / Mark W. Robbins.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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