TY - BOOK AU - Stole,Inger L. TI - Advertising on trial: consumer activism and corporate public relations in the 1930s T2 - The history of communication SN - 9780252030598 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HF5813.U6 S77 2005 U1 - 659.1097309043 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Advertising KW - United States KW - History KW - Corporations KW - Public relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The rise of a corporate culture : early consumer response -- Advertising challenged : the creation of consumers' research and the rise of the 1930s consumer movement -- The drive for legislation to establish federal advertising regulation, 1933-1935 -- A consumer movement divided : the birth of Consumers Union Inc. -- Defining the "consumer agenda," the business community joins the Frey -- Legislative closure : the Wheeler-Lea Amendment -- Witch hunt, red baiting, and the end to the radical critique of advertising ER -