Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America

by Meg Jacobs

Book Overview

"How much does it cost?" We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. But, as Pocketbook Politics dramatically shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern.

In this groundbreaking study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics provided the engine for American political conflict throughout the twentieth century. From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691130418
• ISBN13: 9780691130415
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"