Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-391) and index.
Contents
Introduction : An American political tradition -- 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? -- Remaking consumer activism in the Progressive Era -- The strike in the temple of consumption -- "Make Lisle the style" -- Putting the postwar "consumer movement" in its place -- The rise and fall of the Consumer Protection Agency : the origins of American antiliberalism, 1959-1978 -- Epilogue : Consumer activism comes full circle.
