From head shops to Whole Foods : the rise and fall of activist entrepreneurs /

In the 1960s and '70s, a diverse range of storefronts-including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers-brought the work of the New Left, Black Power, feminism, environmentalism, and other social movements into the marketplace. Through shared ownership,...

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Váldodahkki: Davis, Joshua Clark (Dahkki)
Materiálatiipa: Licensed eBooks
Giella:eaŋgalasgiella
Almmustuhtton: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Ráidu:Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism.
Liŋkkat:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1628777
Sisdoallologahallan:
  • Introduction
  • Activist business: origins and ideologies
  • Liberation through literacy: African American bookstores, Black Power, and the mainstreaming of black books
  • The business of getting high: head shops, countercultural capitalism, and the battle over marijuana
  • "The feminist economic revolution": businesses in the women's movement
  • Natural foods stores: environmental entrepreneurs and the perils of growth
  • Perseverance and appropriation: activist business in the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion.