Purchasing Power
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Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture
By Elizabeth M. Liew Siew ChinJoey and Clarice on their stoop. silky hair is done up in braids, each held at the end with a small plastic barrette. Like the doll, Clarice has her hair in braids and, like the doll, the end of each braid is secured with a small ...
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Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture
By Elizabeth M. Liew Siew ChinJames , Allison , Chris Jenks , and Alan Prout . 1998. Theorizing Childhood . New York : Teachers College Press . James , Allison , and Alan Prout , eds . 1990. Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood : Contemporary Issues in the ...
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Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture
By Elizabeth M. Liew Siew ChinOn a twenty-dollar shopping spree with Chin, one boy has to choose between a walkie-talkie set and an X-Men figure. In one of the most painful moments of her research, Chin watches as Davy struggles with his decision.
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Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History
By Adam Teller, Rebecca KobrinThis time, he ran into the trap of the Inquisition.118 Work in the tax business followed this rhythm of seasonal migration, though it obviously demanded longer stays in Spain. Francisco Rodrigues Lopes, who kept his house, wife, ...
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Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor Movement, 1919-1929
By Dana FrankAnalyzing consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle movement as a case study of the U.S. labor movement, this work traces its transformation after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919, paying special attention to the ...
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Purchasing Power: Harnessing Institutional Procurement for People and the Planet
By Lisa MastnyThrough the things that they buy, large institutions wield great influence over the future of our planet. Nearly every institutional purchase, from office paper to buildings, entails hidden costs for...
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Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History
By Adam Teller, Rebecca KobrinIn this way, the contributors to this volume reposition economics as central to our understanding of the Jewish experience from early modern Rome to contemporary America.