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Trams or Tailfins?
Jan L. Logemann
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Description for Trams or Tailfins?
Hardcover. In the years that followed World War II, both the United States and the newly formed West German republic had an opportunity to remake their economies. This book takes a comparative look at the development of postwar mass consumption in West Germany and the United States and the emergence of discrete consumer modernities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 1 figure, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJK; KCB; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
In the years that followed World War II, both the United States and the newly formed West German republic had an opportunity to remake their economies. Since then, much has been made of the supposed "Americanization" of European consumer societies - in Germany and elsewhere. Arguing against these foggy notions, Jan L. Logemann takes a comparative look at the development of postwar mass consumption in West Germany and the United States and the emergence of discrete consumer modernities. In "Trams or Tailfins?", Logemann explains how the decisions made at this crucial time helped to define both of these economic superpowers ... Read more
In the years that followed World War II, both the United States and the newly formed West German republic had an opportunity to remake their economies. Since then, much has been made of the supposed "Americanization" of European consumer societies - in Germany and elsewhere. Arguing against these foggy notions, Jan L. Logemann takes a comparative look at the development of postwar mass consumption in West Germany and the United States and the emergence of discrete consumer modernities. In "Trams or Tailfins?", Logemann explains how the decisions made at this crucial time helped to define both of these economic superpowers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226491493
SKU
V9780226491493
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About Jan L. Logemann
Jan L. Logemann is the editor of The Development of Consumer Credit in Global Perspective. A research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, he is also the director of their Transatlantic Perspectives project.
Reviews for Trams or Tailfins?
"Jan L. Logemann provides an outstanding contribution to the history of consumption that will be an important read for scholars of European and American history. Trams or Tailfins? is an excellent model for how consumer history can be embedded within the history of public policy." (Katherine Pence, Baruch College, City University of New York)"