Legislative Foundations of American Consumer Society - by Bob Sullivan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Bob Sullivan</b> is a professor emeritus of the political science faculty of the City University of New York. He has published five books and approximately 25 articles in peer refereed academic journals, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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