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Author

Lemov, Michael R., 1935-

Title People's warrior [electronic resource] : John Moss and the fight for freedom of information and consumer rights / Michael R. Lemov.

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Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xxi, 237 p.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Moss, John E. (John Emerson), 1915-1997.
	United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
	Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
	Government information -- United States -- History.
	Freedom of information -- United States -- History.
	Consumer protection -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9781611470246 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9781611474718 (paper: alk. paper)
	9781611470253 (electronic bk.)