Purchasing Power analyses consumer organising tactics and the decline of the Seattle labour movement in the 1920s. The book examines the transformation of the movement after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919 by showing that workers organised not only at the point of production, but through politicised consumption as well, employing boycotts, cooperatives, labor-owned businesses, and union label promotion. It pays special attention to the gender dynamics of labor's consumer campaigns, as trade union men sought to ...
Read More
Purchasing Power analyses consumer organising tactics and the decline of the Seattle labour movement in the 1920s. The book examines the transformation of the movement after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919 by showing that workers organised not only at the point of production, but through politicised consumption as well, employing boycotts, cooperatives, labor-owned businesses, and union label promotion. It pays special attention to the gender dynamics of labor's consumer campaigns, as trade union men sought to persuade their wives to 'shop union', and to the racial dynamics of campaigns organised by white workers against Seattle's Japanese-American businesses.
Read Less
Book Details
Seller
Sort
U.K./EUR Sellers
Price: Low to High
Price: High to Low
Condition
Condition: Reverse
Pub Date
Pub Date: Reverse
Sellers Near Me
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
New
Available Copies: 10+
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17383210391
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 376 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
New
Available Copies: 5
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17980859192
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 376 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
New
Available Copies: 5
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17483762414
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 376 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
Good
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17934999107
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
Fine/Like New
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10822208274
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: Fine. Hardback book in fine condition, still in shrink wrap.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
New
Available Copies: 10+
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
11298834440
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 376 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
Good
Available Copies: 2
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17905925189
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Hide Details ▴
Edition: 1994, Cambridge University Press
Hardcover,
New
Details: ISBN:
0521383676
ISBN-13:
9780521383677
Pages:
376
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Published:
02/1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16845704807
Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.67
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description: New. Size: 9x6x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Hide Details ▴
ISBN-13: 9780521467148
Trade paperback
ISBN-13: 9780521383677
Hardcover
All Editions of Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor Movement, 1919-1929
![Wine Food: New Adventures in Drinking and Cooking [a Recipe Book]](https://www4.alibris-static.com/wine-food-new-adventures-in-drinking-and-cooking-a-recipe-book/isbn/9780399579592.gif)
