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who said that american society is a consumer society driven primarily by advertising
The historian David M. Potter said “american society is a consumer society driven primarily by advertising.
was david m. potter ever a teacher
David M. Potter taught at the University of Mississippi for two years, then taught at Rice University for another two before completing his dissertation in 1940 under Ulrich Bonnell Phillips.

Question: can you tell me the historian's political party
Self-contained rewrite: can you tell me the historian's political party