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A definitive history of consumer activism, "Buying Power" traces the lineage of this political tradition 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,ā¦
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My copy of Buying Power is extremely dog-eared and worn ā this was an essential resource as I wrote Brewing a Boycott. Glickman offers a compelling and wide-ranging account of Americansā efforts since the 18th century to raise consumer consciousness and boycott offending products. In this book, we see clearly that boycotting is an āAmerican political traditionā that ties together many moments in American history, from colonists engaging in what they called ānon-consumptionā to abolitionists in the antebellum North and Ralph Naderās fight for a Consumer Protection Agency in the 1970s. As a bonus, Glickman includes an informative appendix thatā¦
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