From head shops to whole foods : the rise and fall of activist entrepreneurs /
Davis, Joshua Clark,
From head shops to whole foods : the rise and fall of activist entrepreneurs / Joshua Clark Davis. - xiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The origins and ideologies of activist business -- 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.
9780231171588 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016050678
Business enterprises--Political aspects--History.--United States
Small business--Political aspects--History.--United States
Entrepreneurship--Political aspects--History.--United States
Social movements--Economic aspects--History.--United States
Business and politics--History.--United States
HD2785 / .D33 2017
322/.30973
From head shops to whole foods : the rise and fall of activist entrepreneurs / Joshua Clark Davis. - xiv, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Columbia studies in the history of U.S. capitalism .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The origins and ideologies of activist business -- 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.
9780231171588 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016050678
Business enterprises--Political aspects--History.--United States
Small business--Political aspects--History.--United States
Entrepreneurship--Political aspects--History.--United States
Social movements--Economic aspects--History.--United States
Business and politics--History.--United States
HD2785 / .D33 2017
322/.30973