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Units: 2-0-10

Examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the "good life" through consumption, leisure, and material abundance. Explores how such things as department stores, advertising, mass-produced cars, and suburbs transformed the American economy, society, and politics.

M. Jacobs

Materials from this class are available on OpenCourseWare.