Test and Protest

Test and Protest
Author: Norman Isaac Silber
Publisher: New York : Holmes & Meier
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1983
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Traces the tradition of consumer protest and examines the early history of Consumers Union, which started as a working-class-oriented movement and soon evolved into the guiding light of an educated consumer elite. Silber argues that in choosing scientific testing as a means of consumer reform, the Consumers Union changed itself and the consumer movement more than it did American society. He uses three case studies -- reform of automative design, discouragement of smoking, and prevention of the contamination of food by radioactive fallout -- to demonstrate the use of scientific testing in social reform.

Licit and Illicit Drugs

Licit and Illicit Drugs
Author: Edward M. Brecher
Publisher: Little, Brown Medical Division
Total Pages: 623
Release: 1972
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780316107174

A variety of drugs are introduced with information on their specific properties and their social implications.

Love, Sex, and Aging

Love, Sex, and Aging
Author: Edward M. Brecher
Publisher: Consumers Union U.S.
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1984
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780890430279

Your Money's Worth

Your Money's Worth
Author: Stuart Chase
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1927
Genre: Commercial crimes
ISBN:

How to Clean and Care for Practically Anything

How to Clean and Care for Practically Anything
Author: Editors of Consumers Report Magazine
Publisher: Consumer Reports Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002
Genre: House & Home
ISBN:

"Hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house, plus super stain-removal guide"--Cover