000 02269nam a2200385 a 4500
001 ebr10468549
003 CaPaEBR
006 m u
007 cr cn|||||||||
008 110317s2011 mdu sb 001 0beng d
010 _z 2011011373
020 _z9781611470246 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9781611474718 (paper: alk. paper)
020 _z9781611470253 (e-book)
040 _aCaPaEBR
_cCaPaEBR
035 _a(OCoLC)732957548
043 _an-us---
050 1 4 _aE748.M775
_bL46 2011eb
082 0 4 _a328.73092
_aB
_222
100 1 _aLemov, Michael R.,
_d1935-
245 1 0 _aPeople's warrior
_h[electronic resource] :
_bJohn Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights /
_cMichael R. Lemov.
260 _aLanham, Md. :
_bFairleigh Dickinson University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axxi, 237 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrologue: 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aMoss, John E.
_q(John Emerson),
_d1913-
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse
_vBiography.
650 0 _aLegislators
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aGovernment information
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFreedom of information
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aConsumer protection
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10468549
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c192092
_d192092