We Are Each Other''s Business - Black Women s Intersectional Political Consumerism During Chicago

Nicole M. Brown examines Black women's leadership within the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement, calling for understanding them as sophisticated strategists who engaged the tensions among capitalism, consumerism, and economic liberation.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Harvest
2. Business
3. Magnitude
4. Bond
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Nicole M. Brown is an associate professor of sociology at Saint Mary’s College of California.

Summary

Nicole M. Brown examines Black women’s leadership within the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement, calling for understanding them as sophisticated strategists who engaged the tensions among capitalism, consumerism, and economic liberation.

Product details

• Authors: Nicole Marie Brown
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9780231205221
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20522-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Chicago, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, Illinois, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people, social science; political science; histiry