Main entry:

Logemann, Jan L., author.

Title & Author:

Trams or tailfins? : public and private prosperity in postwar West Germany and the United States / Jan L. Logemann.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Description:

xv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-293) and index.
Divergent paths to mass consumer modernity: comparing West Germany and the United States -- 1. State : private consumption and the framework of public policy -- The politics of mass consumption: balancing public and private consumption in postwar West Germany and the United States -- Public and private consumption in affluent societies: divergent approaches to consumer policy during the 1960s -- 2. Society : the social significance of consumption -- What the people want: consumer aspirations and the social meaning of consumption -- Menace or promise? Credit financing in two postwar consumer societies -- 3. Space : urban and suburban spaces of consumption -- Urban and suburban living: public development and private consumption -- Shaping the postwar consumer city: urban and suburban patterns of postwar retailing -- Conclusion.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780226491493 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226491498 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
(e-book)
9780226491523
0226491528

Subject:

Consumer behavior United States History 20th century.
Consumer behavior Germany (West) History.
Consommateurs Comportement États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Consommateurs Comportement Allemagne (Ouest) Histoire.
Consumer behavior.
Economic history.
Verbraucherverhalten
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Wirtschaftliche Lage
United States Economic conditions 1945-
Germany (West) Economic conditions.
États-Unis Conditions économiques 1945-
Allemagne (Ouest) Conditions économiques.
Germany (West)
United States.
Deutschland

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282546
Call No.: BIB 220181
Status: Available