Meg Jacobs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3946253 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg Jacobs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobs |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont McKenna College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
In his new book, Jefferson Cowie offers the view that the period of reform ushered in by the Great Depression stands as an exceptional moment in American history, a moment when the crisis of mass unemployment and a collapse of industry and agriculture resulted in a departure from the conventional contours of American politics. For this brief time, argues Cowie, Americans opted for a set of reforms premised on collective economic rights. This mome…
Kiran Klaus Patel. The New Deal: A Global History
In the 1950s, the Russian-British philosopher Isaiah Berlin, reflecting on the 1930s, wrote, “The only light in the darkness was the administration of Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal in the United States. At a time of weakness and mounting despair in the democratic world, Mr. Roosevelt radiated confidence and strength” (“Roosevelt through European Eyes,” The Atlantic, July 1955). As the world was suffering from the Depression and descending into g…
World War I: A War (and Peace?) for the Middle East
This article emphasizes four major transformations that World War I either initiated or accelerated in the Middle East: (1) foreign involvement; (2) the creation of the Middle Eastern state system; (3) the emergence of explicitly more nationalist politics; and (4) the rise of the Middle Eastern oil industry.
Wreaking Havoc From Within: George W. Bush’s Energy Policy in Historical Perspective
The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History
Zelizer 1 CHAPTER TWO Explaining the Unexplainable: The Cultural Context of the Sedition Act by Joanne B. Freeman 20 CHAPTER THREE Affairs of Office: The Executive Departments, the Election of 1828, and the Making of the Democratic Party by Richard R. John 50 CHAPTER FOUR The Legal Transformation of Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America by William J. Novak 85 CHAPTER FIVE Bringing the Constitution Back In: Amendment, Innovation, and Popular D…
Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 (review)
Reviewed by: Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890–1930 Meg Jacobs (bio) Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890–1930. By Susan J. Matt. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Pp. 223. $35. In 1913, Arthur R. "Pop" Momand began publishing his comic strip Keeping Up with the Joneses in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. By the 1920s, newspapers across the country carried thi…
A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society
Journal Article A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society. By Lawrence B. Glickman. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997. xviii, 220 pp. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8014-3357-6. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-8014-8614-9.) Get access Meg Jacobs Meg Jacobs Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issu…
Democracy's Third Estate: ” New Deal Politics and the Construction of a “Consuming Public”
In the 1930s, the “consumer problem” captured the attention of American working-class leaders, consumer activists, and liberal economists. As sociologist and New Dealer Robert Lynd warned, “There is a ‘consumer problem' of national proportions and it is here to stay as a big white elephant on the doorsteps of business.” He continued: “The only way that democracy can survive, if indeed it is not now too late for it to survive at all, is through th…
How About Some Meat: The Office of Price Administration, Consumption Politics, and State Building from the Bottom Up, 1941-1946
Journal Article "How About Some Meat?": The Office of Price Administration, Consumption Politics, and State Building from the Bottom Up, 1941–1946 Get access Meg Jacobs Meg Jacobs teaches American history Claremont McKenna College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 910–941, https://doi.org/10.2307/2953088 Published: 01 December 1997
The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History
Zelizer 1 CHAPTER TWO Explaining the Unexplainable: The Cultural Context of the Sedition Act by Joanne B. Freeman 20 CHAPTER THREE Affairs of Office: The Executive Departments, the Election of 1828, and the Making of the Democratic Party by Richard R. John 50 CHAPTER FOUR The Legal Transformation of Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America by William J. Novak 85 CHAPTER FIVE Bringing the Constitution Back In: Amendment, Innovation, and Popular D…
How About Some Meat: The Office of Price Administration, Consumption Politics, and State Building from the Bottom Up, 1941-1946
Journal Article "How About Some Meat?": The Office of Price Administration, Consumption Politics, and State Building from the Bottom Up, 1941–1946 Get access Meg Jacobs Meg Jacobs teaches American history Claremont McKenna College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 910–941, https://doi.org/10.2307/2953088 Published: 01 December 1997
Democracy's Third Estate: ” New Deal Politics and the Construction of a “Consuming Public”
In the 1930s, the “consumer problem” captured the attention of American working-class leaders, consumer activists, and liberal economists. As sociologist and New Dealer Robert Lynd warned, “There is a ‘consumer problem' of national proportions and it is here to stay as a big white elephant on the doorsteps of business.” He continued: “The only way that democracy can survive, if indeed it is not now too late for it to survive at all, is through th…
The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
In his new book, Jefferson Cowie offers the view that the period of reform ushered in by the Great Depression stands as an exceptional moment in American history, a moment when the crisis of mass unemployment and a collapse of industry and agriculture resulted in a departure from the conventional contours of American politics. For this brief time, argues Cowie, Americans opted for a set of reforms premised on collective economic rights. This mome…
How About Some Meat: The Office of Price Administration, Consumption Politics, and State Building from the Bottom Up, 1941-1946
Journal Article "How About Some Meat?": The Office of Price Administration, Consumption Politics, and State Building from the Bottom Up, 1941–1946 Get access Meg Jacobs Meg Jacobs teaches American history Claremont McKenna College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 910–941, https://doi.org/10.2307/2953088 Published: 01 December 1997
Democracy's Third Estate: ” New Deal Politics and the Construction of a “Consuming Public”
In the 1930s, the “consumer problem” captured the attention of American working-class leaders, consumer activists, and liberal economists. As sociologist and New Dealer Robert Lynd warned, “There is a ‘consumer problem' of national proportions and it is here to stay as a big white elephant on the doorsteps of business.” He continued: “The only way that democracy can survive, if indeed it is not now too late for it to survive at all, is through th…
A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society
Journal Article A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society. By Lawrence B. Glickman. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997. xviii, 220 pp. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8014-3357-6. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-8014-8614-9.) Get access Meg Jacobs Meg Jacobs Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issu…
Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890-1930 (review)
Reviewed by: Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890–1930 Meg Jacobs (bio) Keeping Up with the Joneses: Envy in American Consumer Society, 1890–1930. By Susan J. Matt. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Pp. 223. $35. In 1913, Arthur R. "Pop" Momand began publishing his comic strip Keeping Up with the Joneses in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World. By the 1920s, newspapers across the country carried thi…
The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History
Zelizer 1 CHAPTER TWO Explaining the Unexplainable: The Cultural Context of the Sedition Act by Joanne B. Freeman 20 CHAPTER THREE Affairs of Office: The Executive Departments, the Election of 1828, and the Making of the Democratic Party by Richard R. John 50 CHAPTER FOUR The Legal Transformation of Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America by William J. Novak 85 CHAPTER FIVE Bringing the Constitution Back In: Amendment, Innovation, and Popular D…
Wreaking Havoc From Within: George W. Bush’s Energy Policy in Historical Perspective
World War I: A War (and Peace?) for the Middle East
This article emphasizes four major transformations that World War I either initiated or accelerated in the Middle East: (1) foreign involvement; (2) the creation of the Middle Eastern state system; (3) the emergence of explicitly more nationalist politics; and (4) the rise of the Middle Eastern oil industry.
Kiran Klaus Patel. The New Deal: A Global History
In the 1950s, the Russian-British philosopher Isaiah Berlin, reflecting on the 1930s, wrote, “The only light in the darkness was the administration of Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal in the United States. At a time of weakness and mounting despair in the democratic world, Mr. Roosevelt radiated confidence and strength” (“Roosevelt through European Eyes,” The Atlantic, July 1955). As the world was suffering from the Depression and descending into g…
The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
In his new book, Jefferson Cowie offers the view that the period of reform ushered in by the Great Depression stands as an exceptional moment in American history, a moment when the crisis of mass unemployment and a collapse of industry and agriculture resulted in a departure from the conventional contours of American politics. For this brief time, argues Cowie, Americans opted for a set of reforms premised on collective economic rights. This mome…
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