Legislative Foundations of American Consumer Society

Regulation, Deregulation and Their Impacts from the 1930s to Today
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4766-8588-5
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Bob Sullivan is a retired from the political science faculty of the City University of New York, where he was a tenured full professor. He has published five books and approximately 25 articles in peer refereed academic journals. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.