Consumer sentiment is simply a gauge of how confident Americans feel about their finances. That may seem to be a meaningless, nebulous statistic, but as consumer spending is the driving force behind ...

Despite the overarching attempts to explore substitutes for consumerism from the early 20th century onward seeking alternatives ranging from rabid nationalism to more spiritual definitions of ...

Introduction / Caroline F. Ware -- The roots of consumer cooperatives in the U.S. / Erma Angevine -- Growth of cooperatives : the Cooperative League of USA, cooperatives in housing and in ...

Introduction: an American political tradition -- The birth of consumer activism -- The American Revolution considered as a consumer movement -- Buy for the sake of the slave -- Rebel consumerism -- ...