Hoover, Conservation, and Consumerism: Engineering the Good Life

by Kendrick A. Clements

Herbert Hoover rose to political leadership in the 1920s, just as consumer society became dominant in the United States. Although personally uncomfortable with the values of consumerism, he worked to strengthen the economy through policies of conservation and to find desirable occupations for the new leisure available to modern workers. He envisioned great voluntary programs to promote standardization and simplification in American industries that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700610332
• ISBN13: 9780700610334
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"