The sympathetic consumer : moral critique in capitalist culture /

"When people encounter goods in the marketplace - sugar, clothes, phones, etc. - there is a slim chance they will seek information about the origins of those goods. Far more likely is that the goods will remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skotnicki, Tad (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Series:Culture and economic life.
Subjects:
Consumer movements > United States > History.
Consumer movements > Great Britain > History.
Consumers' leagues > United States > History.
Consumers' leagues > Great Britain > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects > United States > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects > Great Britain > History.
Mouvements de défense des consommateurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvements de défense des consommateurs > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Consommateurs > États-Unis > Associations > Histoire.
Consommateurs > Grande-Bretagne > Associations > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Consumer movements
Consumers' leagues
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects
Great Britain
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of the sympathetic consumer
  • Abolitionist visions
  • Turn-of-the-twentieth-century visions
  • Practicing sympathetic consumption
  • Moral arguments
  • The sympathetic consumer, challenged
  • Whither the sympathetic consumer?

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