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Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America
Lawrence B. Glickman
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Description for Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America
Hardcover. Far from ephemeral consumer trends, buying green and avoiding sweatshop-made clothing represent the most recent points on a centuries-long continuum of American consumer activism. This book presents the history of this political tradition. It traces its lineage back to our nation's founding. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFT; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Far from ephemeral consumer trends, buying green and avoiding sweatshop-made clothing represent the most recent points on a centuries-long continuum of American consumer activism. A sweeping and definitive history of this political tradition, "Buying Power" traces its lineage back to our nation's founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence B. Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugurated a continuous series of consumer boycotts, campaigns for safe and ethical consumption, and ... Read more
Far from ephemeral consumer trends, buying green and avoiding sweatshop-made clothing represent the most recent points on a centuries-long continuum of American consumer activism. A sweeping and definitive history of this political tradition, "Buying Power" traces its lineage back to our nation's founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott even entered our lexicon. Taking the Boston Tea Party as his starting point, Lawrence B. Glickman argues that the rejection of British imports by revolutionary patriots inaugurated a continuous series of consumer boycotts, campaigns for safe and ethical consumption, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226298658
SKU
V9780226298658
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About Lawrence B. Glickman
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.
Reviews for Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America
"In this major, learned, and ambitious book, Lawrence Glickman weaves together social, cultural, and intellectual history to show how consumer activism has, since the mid-eighteenth century, waxed and waned but never disappeared. Glickman has an incomparable grasp of the entire sweep of the history of consumer society, and Buying Power is the most influential, wide-ranging, nuanced, provocative, original, and commanding ... Read more