The Resource Middle class union : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America, Mark W. Robbins
Middle class union : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America, Mark W. Robbins
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- Summary
- Middle Class Union" argues that the period following World War I was a pivotal moment in the development of middle-class consumer politics in the 20th century. At this time, middle-class Americans politically mobilized to define for society what was fair in the growing consumer marketplace. They projected themselves as guardians of the producerist values of hard work, honesty, and thrift, and called for greater adherence to them among the working and elite classes. In this era and in later periods, they flexed their muscles as consumers, and claimed to defend the values of the nation. Combining social history with interdisciplinary approaches to the study of consumption and symbolic space, Middle Class Union illustrates how acts of consumption, representations of the middle class in literary, journalistic, and artistic discourses, and ground-level organizing combined to enable white-collar activists to establish themselves as both the middle class and the backbone of the nation. This book contributes to labor history by examining the nexus of class and consumption to show how many white-collar workers drew on their consumer identity to express an anti-labor politics, later facilitating the struggles of unions throughout the post-World War I years. It also contributes to political history by emphasizing how these middle-class activists laid important groundwork for both 1920s business conservatism and New Deal liberalism. They exerted their political influence well before the post-World War II period, when a self-interested and powerful middle-class consumer identity is more widely acknowledged to have taken hold
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 219 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780472130337
- Label
- Middle class union : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America
- Title
- Middle class union
- Title remainder
- organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark W. Robbins
- Subject
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- Consumer cooperatives -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Consumers
- Consumers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Consumers' leagues
- Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Economic history
- History
- Middle class
- Middle class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- 1900-1999
- Consumer cooperatives
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Middle Class Union" argues that the period following World War I was a pivotal moment in the development of middle-class consumer politics in the 20th century. At this time, middle-class Americans politically mobilized to define for society what was fair in the growing consumer marketplace. They projected themselves as guardians of the producerist values of hard work, honesty, and thrift, and called for greater adherence to them among the working and elite classes. In this era and in later periods, they flexed their muscles as consumers, and claimed to defend the values of the nation. Combining social history with interdisciplinary approaches to the study of consumption and symbolic space, Middle Class Union illustrates how acts of consumption, representations of the middle class in literary, journalistic, and artistic discourses, and ground-level organizing combined to enable white-collar activists to establish themselves as both the middle class and the backbone of the nation. This book contributes to labor history by examining the nexus of class and consumption to show how many white-collar workers drew on their consumer identity to express an anti-labor politics, later facilitating the struggles of unions throughout the post-World War I years. It also contributes to political history by emphasizing how these middle-class activists laid important groundwork for both 1920s business conservatism and New Deal liberalism. They exerted their political influence well before the post-World War II period, when a self-interested and powerful middle-class consumer identity is more widely acknowledged to have taken hold
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Robbins, Mark W.,
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Class : culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Consumers
- Consumers' leagues
- Consumer cooperatives
- Middle class
- United States
- Consumer cooperatives
- Consumers
- Consumers' leagues
- Economic history
- Middle class
- United States
- Label
- Middle class union : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America, Mark W. Robbins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Content category
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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
- Control code
- 965761012
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 219 pages
- Isbn
- 9780472130337
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016047590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)965761012
- Label
- Middle class union : organizing the "consuming public" in post-World War I America, Mark W. Robbins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 965761012
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 219 pages
- Isbn
- 9780472130337
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016047590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)965761012
Subject
- Consumer cooperatives -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Consumers
- Consumers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Consumers' leagues
- Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Economic history
- History
- Middle class
- Middle class -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- 1900-1999
- Consumer cooperatives
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