AMERICAN CONSUMERS - IS THEIR ANGER JUSTIFIED?

• NCJ Number: 40760
• Author(s): A WOLF
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 126 pages
• Sale Source: Prentice Hall
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: INQUIRY INTO CRUCIAL AMERICAN PROBLEMS SERIES

Annotation

CONTAINING EXCERPTS OF ARTICLES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND A NUMBER OF STUDY QUESTIONS, THIS TEXTBOOK PROVIDES THE STUDENT WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ISSUES INVOLVED IN AMERICAN CONSUMERISM.

Abstract

AFTER A SHORT INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER, A BRIEF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY BACKGROUND OF THE CONSUMER RIGHTS ISSUE IS PRESENTED. A NUMBER OF CHAPTERS EXPLORING THESE ISSUES IN DETAIL ARE THEN PROVIDED. A VARIETY OF POSITIONS ARE PRESENTED THROUGH CARTOONS, ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTICLES, AND EXCERPTS FROM OTHER TEXTS. OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS FOR THE STUDENT ARE ALSO PROVIDED. THE TEXT INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE MANY AREAS OF CONSUMER FRAUD, INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN CONSUMER ADVOCATES, A DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL CONSUMER ADVOCATE ACTIVITIES, AND AN EXAMINATION OF BUSINESS' REACTIONS TO THIS TREND.