The Resource Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America, Meg Jacobs, (electronic book)
Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America, Meg Jacobs, (electronic book)
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The item Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America, Meg Jacobs, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "In this study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics provided the engine for American political conflict throughout the last 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 rising prices and inadequate income. On one side, a reform coalition of ordinary Americans, mass retailers, and national politicians fought for laws and policies that promoted militant unionism, government price controls, and a Keynesian program of full employment. On the other, small businessmen fiercely resisted this low-price, high-wage agenda, which threatened to bankrupt them." "Pocketbook Politics offers a new interpretation of state power by integrating popular politics and elite policymaking. Unlike most social historians who focus exclusively on consumers at the grassroots, Jacobs breaks new methodological ground by insisting on the centrality of national politics and the state in the nearly century-long fight to fulfill the American Dream of abundance."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (367 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781400843787
- Label
- Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America
- Title
- Pocketbook politics
- Title remainder
- economic citizenship in twentieth-century America
- Statement of responsibility
- Meg Jacobs
- Subject
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- Purchasing power -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Income distribution -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics provided the engine for American political conflict throughout the last 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 rising prices and inadequate income. On one side, a reform coalition of ordinary Americans, mass retailers, and national politicians fought for laws and policies that promoted militant unionism, government price controls, and a Keynesian program of full employment. On the other, small businessmen fiercely resisted this low-price, high-wage agenda, which threatened to bankrupt them." "Pocketbook Politics offers a new interpretation of state power by integrating popular politics and elite policymaking. Unlike most social historians who focus exclusively on consumers at the grassroots, Jacobs breaks new methodological ground by insisting on the centrality of national politics and the state in the nearly century-long fight to fulfill the American Dream of abundance."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jacobs, Meg
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Income distribution
- Purchasing power
- Consumption (Economics)
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America, Meg Jacobs, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ebr10777529
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (367 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400843787
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
- Original version note
- Original electronic resource
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Pocketbook politics : economic citizenship in twentieth-century America, Meg Jacobs, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ebr10777529
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (367 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400843787
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
- Original version note
- Original electronic resource
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Purchasing power -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Income distribution -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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- Online access with EBA: JSTOR
- Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
- Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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