{"product_id":"civilizing-capitalism-the-national-consumers-league-womens-activism-and-labor-standards-in-the-new-deal-era-9780807848388","title":"Civilizing Capitalism: The National Consumers' League, Women's Activism, and Labor Standards in the New Deal Era","description":"Offering fresh insights into the history of labor policy, the New Deal, feminism, and southern politics, Landon Storrs examines the New Deal era of the National Consumers' League, one of the most influential reform organizations of the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounded in 1899 by affluent women concerned about the exploitation of women wage earners, the National Consumers' League used a strategy of \"ethical consumption\" to spark a successful movement for state laws to reduce hours and establish minimum wages for women. During the Great Depression, it campaigned to raise labor standards in the unregulated, non-union South, hoping to discourage the relocation of manufacturers to the region because of cheaper labor and to break the downward spiral of labor standards nationwide. Promoting regulation of men's labor as well as women's, the league shaped the National Recovery Administration codes and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 but still battled the National Woman's Party, whose proposed equal rights amendment threatened sex-based labor laws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the National Consumers' League as a window on the nation's evolving reform tradition, \u003ci\u003eCivilizing Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e explores what progressive feminists hoped for from the New Deal and why, despite significant victories, they ultimately were disappointed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Landon R. y. Storrs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807848388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLandon R. Y. Storrs is associate professor of history at the University of Iowa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40412454748275,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":63.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_643568d1-2a98-4193-83b4-f218bc2259bf.jpg?v=1662126783","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/civilizing-capitalism-the-national-consumers-league-womens-activism-and-labor-standards-in-the-new-deal-era-9780807848388","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}