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From head shops to Whole Foods : the rise and fall of activist entrepreneurs / Joshua Clark Davis.
Author
Davis, Joshua Clark
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Business enterprises
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Political aspects
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United States
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History
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Small business
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Political aspects
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United States
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History
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Entrepreneurship
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Political aspects
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United States
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History
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Social movements
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Economic aspects
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United States
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History
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Business and politics
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United States
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History
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Series
Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism
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Summary note
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, limited growth, and workplace democracy, these "activist entrepreneurs" offered alternatives to conventional profit-driven corporate business models. By the middle of the 1970s, thousands of these enterprises operated across the United States-but only a handful survive today. Some, like Whole Foods Market, have abandoned their quest for collective political change in favor of maximizing profits. Vividly portraying the struggles, successes, and sacrifices made by these unlikely entrepreneurs, Clark Davis writes a new history of movements and capitalism by showing how activists embraced small businesses in a way few historians have considered. The book rethinks the widespread idea that the work of activism and political dissent is inherently antithetical to business and market activity. It uncovers the historical roots of contemporary interest in ethical consumption, social enterprise, mission-driven businesses, and buying local while also showing how today's companies have adopted the language-but not often the mission-of liberation and social change.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Contents
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.
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ISBN
9780231543088 ((electronic bk.))
0231543085 ((electronic bk.))
LCCN
2017011171
OCLC
974912654
Doi
10.7312/davi17158
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