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The Long View of Consumer Activism 
The Chicago | Tue, Nov 3
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November 14, 2009—Saturday Symposium: Consumers—The Unknown Social Movement Debating Lawrence Glickman's Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America (University of Chicago Press, 2009). Featuring author Lawrence Glickman, University of South Carolina Commentator...
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