Americans most wanted household appliances as the war ended

Evidence

In 1944, the federal Office of Civilian Requirements took a survey to determine the things Americans were most keen to buy when the war ended, and household appliances topped the list. The most commonly cited item was a washing machine. Then, in order, the survey respondents looked forward to buying electric irons, refrigerators, stoves, toasters, radios, vacuum cleaners, electric fans, and hot water heaters. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 123

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar housing demand combined family, veteran, and depression fears into reform pressure — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 118; Postwar American consumption was politically constructed — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1721

Broader Connections

• Postwar American consumption was politically constructed #expands (0.78) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1721