Buying Power - A History of Consumer Activism in America

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence B. Glickman is professor of history at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society. Klappentext Provides a definitive history of consumer activism. This title explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods, African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow, a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan, and emerging contemporary movements like slow food. Zusammenfassung Provides a definitive history of consumer activism. This title explores abolitionist-led efforts to eschew slave-made goods! African American consumer campaigns against Jim Crow! a 1930s refusal of silk from fascist Japan! and emerging contemporary movements like slow food.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence B. Glickman, Glickman Lawrence B., Lawrence Glickman
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2012
• EAN: 9780226298672
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29867-2
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Consumerism, Pressure groups & lobbying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice