From Head Shops to Whole Foods : : The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs /

From Head Shops to Whole Foods : : The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs / / Joshua Davis.

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 movements into the marketplace. Through shared ownership, limite...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Davis, Joshua,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 24 b&w photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Activist Business
  • 2. Liberation Through Literacy
  • 3. The Business of Getting High
  • 4. The "Feminist Economic Revolution"
  • 5. Natural Foods Stores
  • 6. Perseverance and Appropriation
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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