Standard of Living : The Measure of the Middle Class in Modern America
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"A thoughtful contribution to understanding the forces that ushered in modern US culture, with all of its opportunities, limitations, and peculiarities." -- Choice
"Moskowitz offers important insights into the development of American middle-class ideals of material comfort, and of an emerging shared national culture." -- Aleisa Fishman, History
"An ambitious and far-reaching study with implications for material history, business history, and the study of the middle class in America." -- Sarah Elvins, Enterprise and Society
"Well-researched, well-written, and convincing... Will certainly influence future discussion of the expansion of the middle class and the consumer culture of the early twentieth century." -- Katherine Leonard Turner, Journal of Social History
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"Exceedingly well-written, clearly organized, and abundantly researched. There is nothing in the scholarly literature quite like this." -- Daniel Horowitz, Smith College
Standard of Living : The Measure of the Middle Class in Modern America
Standard of Living : The Measure of the Middle Class in Modern America,Marina Moskowitz,The Johns Hopkins University Press,0801879477,Business / Economics / Finance,Cost and standard of living,Economic History,Economics - Comparative,Economics - General,History,Middle class,Social Classes,Social History,Social Science,Sociology,United States,United States - 20th Century,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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