Standard of Living: The Measure of the Middle Class in Modern America

by Marina Moskowitz

Book Overview

Coined in 1902, the term standard of living grew popular in early twentieth-century America. Though its exact definition remained ambiguous, it most often reflected the middle class and material comfort. The term was not a precise measure of how people lived. Instead, it embodied the ideal of how middle-class Americans wanted to live. With increasing wages and the mass production of consumer goods, the standard of living became an important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801879477
• ISBN13: 9780801879470
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"