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In fact, the American consumer was praised as a patriotic citizen in the 1950s, contributing to the ultimate success of the American way of life. "The good purchaser devoted to 'more, newer and ...

In his book American Plastic: A Cultural History, historian Jeffrey Meikle writes that the ever-expanding proliferation of consumer goods created an inflationary culture, and that plastic became ...