User:Wcubias/Consumer Reports/Bibliography

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Bibliography

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Bibliography

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

Stole, Inger L. (2006). "A Consumer Movement Divided: The Birth of Consumers Union of the United States Inc.". Advertising on Trial : Consumer Activism and Corporate Public Relations in The 1930s. University of Illinois Press. pp. 80–105.^[1]
- Covers the fouding of Consumers Union in the 1936, and its early operations, as well as its operations in relation to its competitors, primarily Consumers' Research Inc. Helpful for notability.
McGovern, Charles F. (2006). Sold American : Consumption and Citizenship, 1890-1945. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 307–333.^[2]
- Connects Consumers Union and Consumers' research Inc., provides further context for the founding of CU. Helpful for notability.
Derdak, Thomas, and Laura Rydberg. "Consumers Union." International Directory of Company Histories, edited by Jay P. Pederson, vol. 118, St. James Press, 2011, pp. 115-119. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX1722000031/GVRL?u=euge94201&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=ccebf4ee. Accessed 1 Nov. 2023.
- This is a reference book with information on numerous companies. Consumers Union is given a succint five page write-up on its origins, operations, financial status, and controversies. It is helpful in establishing facts.
Jacobs, Meg "State of the Field: The Politics of Consumption," Reviews in American History 39, no. 3 (2011): 561-573^[3]
- This is a peer-reviewed article, that is significant in that it provides notability for the work of CU, as well as acknowledges consumer safety as an integral aspect of consumption in the US. (See pp. 570) *Class Source*
Hilton, Matthew (2007). "Social Activism in an Age of Consumption: The Organized Consumer Movement". Social History. 32 (2): 121–143. ISSN 0307-1022^[4]
- This is a peer-reviewed article, that is significant in that it provides notability for CU in the broader scale of politics of consumption. It also ties into Lizbeth Cohen's "Consumer's Republic."

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

^ Stole, Inger L. (2006). "A Consumer Movement Divided: The Birth of Consumers Union of the United States Inc.". Advertising on Trial : Consumer Activism and Corporate Public Relations in The 1930s. University of Illinois Press. pp. 80–105.
^ McGovern, Charles F. (2006). Sold American : Consumption and Citizenship, 1890-1945. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 307–333.
^ Jacobs, Meg (2011). "State of the Field: The Politics of Consumption". Reviews in American History. 39 (3): 561–573. doi:10.1353/rah.2011.0103. ISSN 1080-6628.
^ Hilton, Matthew (2007). "Social Activism in an Age of Consumption: The Organized Consumer Movement". Social History. 32 (2): 121–143. ISSN 0307-1022.

Outline of proposed changes

Consumer Reports' predecessor, Consumers' Research, was founded in 1926. In 1936, Consumer Reports was founded by Arthur Kallet, Colston Warne, and others who felt that the established Consumers' Research organization was not aggressive enough. Kallet, an engineer and director of Consumers' Research, had a falling out with F.J. Schlink and started his own organization with Amherst College economics professor Colston Warne. In part due to actions of Consumers' Research, the House Un-American Activities Committee placed Consumers Union on a list of subversive organizations, only to remove it in 1954.

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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[1] Stole, Inger L. (2006). "A Consumer Movement Divided: The Birth of Consumers Union of the United States Inc.". Advertising on Trial : Consumer Activism and Corporate Public Relations in The 1930s. University of Illinois Press. pp. 80–105.

[2] McGovern, Charles F. (2006). Sold American : Consumption and Citizenship, 1890-1945. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 307–333.

[3] Jacobs, Meg (2011). "State of the Field: The Politics of Consumption". Reviews in American History. 39 (3): 561–573. doi:10.1353/rah.2011.0103. ISSN 1080-6628.

[4] Hilton, Matthew (2007). "Social Activism in an Age of Consumption: The Organized Consumer Movement". Social History. 32 (2): 121–143. ISSN 0307-1022.

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