| 청구기호 |
HC110.C6 G56 2009eb |
| 형태사항 |
1 online resource (xix, 403 p.) : ill.
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| 언어 |
English |
| 일반주기 |
Description based on print version record.
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| 서지주기 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-391) and index.
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| 내용 |
Introduction: an American political tradition -- The birth of consumer activism -- The American Revolution considered as a consumer movement -- Buy for the sake of the slave -- Rebel consumerism -- Travels of the boycott: what's in a name? -- The birth of the consumer movement -- Remaking consumer activism in the Progressive Era -- The strike in the temple of consumption -- "Make Lisle the style" -- Advocates and activists: consumer activism since World War II -- Putting the postwar "consumer movement" in its place -- The rise and fall of the Consumer Protection Agency: the origins of American antiantiliberalism, 1959-1978 -- Epilogue: Consumer activism comes full circle: the revival of consumer activism in contemporary America.
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| 주제 |
Consumers --Political activity --United States --History.
Boycotts --United States --History.
Consumer behavior --Political aspects --United States --History.
Consumer protection --United States --Citizen participation --History.
Boycotts.
Consumer behavior.
Consumer protection.
Consumers.
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| ISBN |
9780226298665 (electronic bk.)
0226298663 (electronic bk.)
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