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Civilizing capitalism : the National Consumers' League, women's activism, and labor standards in the New Deal era / Landon R.Y. Storrs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Storrs, Landon R. Y.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture.
- Gender & American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Women social reformers.
- Working-women's clubs--United States--History.
- Working-women's clubs.
- Women--Employment--United States--History.
- Women.
- Child labor--United States--History.
- Child labor.
- Industrial welfare--United States--History.
- Industrial welfare.
- Labor movement--United States--History.
- Labor movement.
- New Deal, 1933-1939.
- Labor laws and legislation--United States--History.
- Labor laws and legislation.
- National Consumers' League--History.
- National Consumers' League.
- National Consumers' League--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Aiming to offer fresh insights into the history of labour policy, the New Deal, feminism, and southern politics, the author of this work examines the New Deal era of the National Consumers' League, one of the most influential reform organizations of the early 20th century.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Investigate, Agitate, Legislate; 2. Toward Feminist Social Democracy; 3. A Subtle Program Come Down from the North?; 4. The Acid Test of the New Deal; 5. Bucking the Bourbons; 6. Agents of the New Deal; 7. Ambiguous Victory; 8. Reaction; 9. Always Democracy; Conclusion; Appendix 1: National Consumers' League Officers, 1933 and 1941; Appendix 2: Biographical Data on Fifty Consumers' League Activists in the 1930's; Appendix 3: Selected Landmarks in the History of Labor Standards Regulation; Notes; Bibliography;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-381) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890871121
- 9780807860991
- 0807860999
- OCLC:
- 476237563
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