Recent work has focused on the politics of consumption and its manifestation in a number of situations. This volume extends these debates, providing a tighter focus and contributing to a noticeable gap in the field that numerous scholars (particularly in North America) are beginning to turn towards: that is, organizations of consumers themselves who have chosen to speak for all consumers and similar such bodies of experts which act on behalf of consumers. The volume is fortunate in drawing upon a number of scholars who are about to publish major works on the subject, but who are happy to provide summary versions of their work for the volume. The book pays particular attention to specific moments in consumer mobilization and expertise, capturing the range of types of expert consumers across the twentieth century, from ethical consumer groups at the beginning, to intellectuals, housewives, economists and public officials. It addresses questions on the nature of consumer organizing, which bodies can speak for consumers, whether one consumer voice can ever be identified and the relationship between the consumption and citizenship. The overview pieces by Hilton and Kroen demonstrate the larger narratives involved in the study of the expert consumer; whilst the more comparative pieces out the nature of transatlantic exchanges and the similarities across seemingly different consumption regimes; and further case studies of organizations and historical moments will draw out the specificities of consumer associations.
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Alain Chatriot is based at the College de France, France. Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel is based at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. Matthew Hilton is based at the University of Birmingham, UK.
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modern consumer movement, moral consumption, corporate front groups, consumer expertise, consumer politics, produce activists, testing magazines, consumer activism, free produce movement, consumption code, consumer representation, expert consumer, home economists, food reform, mouvement féministe, consumption law, des consommateurs, consumer experts, white lists, consumer citizenship, les consommateurs, representing consumers, parliamentary records, consumption policy, consumer protection measures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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modern consumer movement, moral consumption, corporate front groups, consumer expertise, consumer politics, produce activists, testing magazines, consumer activism, free produce movement, consumption code, consumer representation, expert consumer, home economists, food reform, mouvement féministe, consumption law, des consommateurs, consumer experts, white lists, consumer citizenship, les consommateurs, representing consumers, parliamentary records, consumption policy, consumer protection measures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Consumers Union, Matthew Hilton, Consumer Council, National Consumers League, New Deal, Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel, Ruth O'Brien, Maud Nathan, Price Control Act, Alain Chatriot, Henriette Brunhes, Price Directorate, Cold War, West German, Catherine Lalumière, Florence Kelley, Katherine Pence, Ralph Nader, Consumer Federation of America, Louise Stanley, Pro Juventute, Que Choisir New!
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- Consumerism in Twentieth-Century Britain: The Search for a Historical Movement by Matthew Hilton on 4 pages
- The Politics of Consumption: Material Culture and Citizenship in Europe and America by Martin Daunton on 4 pages
- A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America by Lizabeth Cohen on 4 pages
- Test and Protest: The Influence of Consumers Union by Norman I. Silber on page 16, page 165, and Back Matter
- A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society by Lawrence B. Glickman in Front Matter, page 16, and page 33
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