The people's warrior
Subtitle: John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights
By: Michael R. Lemov
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781611470246; 9781611474718; 9781611470253
Subjects: United States; Government information; Legislators; Consumer protection; Freedom of information; Government policy; United States Congress. House; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the consumer decade; title: Troubled roots: a little town in the valley; title: Dangerous ground: the California Assembly; title: I went to bed a loser: the road to Congress; title: The people's right to know: a distant shore; title: The Freedom of Information Act: perilous journey; title: The Product Safety Act: consumer as guinea pig; title: Reviving the Federal Trade Commission: the Magnuson-Moss Act; title: Investor protection: breaking Wall Street's monopoly; title: Cars, chemicals, and Arab oil: changing times; title: Consumer protection in retreat: two crushing defeats; title: Freedom of information today: the torture memos; title: Epilogue: the legacy.