People's warrior
Lemov, Michael R., 1935-
People's warrior John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights / [electronic resource] : Michael R. Lemov. - Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011. - xxi, 237 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the consumer decade -- Troubled roots : a little town in the valley -- Dangerous ground : the California Assembly -- I went to bed a loser : the road to Congress -- The people's right to know : a distant shore -- The Freedom of Information Act : perilous journey -- The Product Safety Act : consumer as guinea pig -- Reviving the Federal Trade Commission : the Magnuson-Moss Act -- Investor protection : breaking Wall Street's monopoly -- Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil : changing times -- Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats -- Freedom of information today : the torture memos -- Epilogue : the legacy.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Moss, John E. 1913-
United States. Congress. House --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Government information--History.--United States
Freedom of information--History.--United States
Consumer protection--Government policy--History.--United States
Electronic books.
E748.M775 / L46 2011eb
328.73092 B
People's warrior John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights / [electronic resource] : Michael R. Lemov. - Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011. - xxi, 237 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the consumer decade -- Troubled roots : a little town in the valley -- Dangerous ground : the California Assembly -- I went to bed a loser : the road to Congress -- The people's right to know : a distant shore -- The Freedom of Information Act : perilous journey -- The Product Safety Act : consumer as guinea pig -- Reviving the Federal Trade Commission : the Magnuson-Moss Act -- Investor protection : breaking Wall Street's monopoly -- Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil : changing times -- Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats -- Freedom of information today : the torture memos -- Epilogue : the legacy.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Moss, John E. 1913-
United States. Congress. House --Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Government information--History.--United States
Freedom of information--History.--United States
Consumer protection--Government policy--History.--United States
Electronic books.
E748.M775 / L46 2011eb
328.73092 B