Joanna Cohen teaches American history at Queen Mary University of London.

Introduction. Imagining the Citizen-Consumer
Chapter 1. Dilemmas of Abundance
Chapter 2. The Marketplace of Retribution
Chapter 3. The Perils of the Public Auction
Chapter 4. Of Tariffs and Taste
Chapter 5. "They Now Advertise Liberally"
Chapter 6. Consumers at War
Epilogue. The Citizen-Consumer and the State of the Nation
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments