Revolt Against Regulation - The Rise and Pause of the Consumer Movement

Informationen zum Autor Michael Pertschuk is a consumer and public health advocate and former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Klappentext The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission recounts the conflicts between American corporations and the consumer movement during the 1960s and 1970s. Zusammenfassung Brings an insider's insight to the tumultuous years of the sixties and seventies, when the consumer protection bells rang from Washington throughout the land. This is an engrossing story of corporate versus consumer battles over health, safety, and the economic rights of Americans.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Pertschuk, Pertschuk Michael
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.1983
• EAN: 9780520050747
• ISBN: 978-0-520-05074-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, Consumerism