A consumer's republic: the politics of mass consumption in postwar America

Prologue

Part I : Origins of the postwar consumers' republic

Depression : rise of the citizen consumer ; War : citizen consumers do battle on the home front

Part II : Birth of the consumers' republic

Reconversion : the emergence of the consumers' republic ; Rebellion : forcing open the doors of public accommodations

Part III : Landscape of mass consumption

Residence : inequality in mass suburbia ; Commerce : reconfiguring community marketplaces

Part IV : Political culture of mass consumption

Culture : segmenting the mass ; Politics : purchasers politicized

Epilogue.