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From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs

2017 Columbia University Press ;ISBN: 9780231171588 ;ISBN: 0231171587 ;ISBN: 0231543085 ;ISBN: 9780231543088 ;EISBN: 0231543085 ;EISBN: 9780231543088 ;DOI: 10.7312/davi17158 ;OCLC: 1024285475 ;OCLC: 974912654 ;LCCallNum: HD2785 .D33 2017

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  • Title:
    From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs
  • Author: Davis, Joshua Clark
  • Subjects: Business and politics ; Business enterprises ; Business enterprises-Political aspects-United States-History ; Economic aspects ; Economics ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship-Political aspects-United States-History ; History ; Political aspects ; Small business ; Small business-Political aspects-United States-History ; Social movements ; Sociology ; United States
  • Description: In the 1960s and '70s, a diverse range of storefronts-including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers-brought the work of the New Left, Black Power, feminism, environmentalism, and other movements into the marketplace. Through shared ownership, limited growth, and democratic workplaces, these activist entrepreneurs offered alternatives to conventional profit-driven corporate business models. By the middle of the 1970s, thousands of these enterprises operated across the United States-but only a handful survive today. Some, such as Whole Foods Market, have abandoned their quest for collective political change in favor of maximizing profits.Vividly portraying the struggles, successes, and sacrifices of these unlikely entrepreneurs,From Head Shops to Whole Foodswrites a new history of social movements and capitalism by showing how activists embraced small businesses in a way few historians have considered. The book challenges the widespread but mistaken idea that activism and political dissent are inherently antithetical to participation in the marketplace. Joshua Clark Davis uncovers the historical roots of contemporary interest in ethical consumption, social enterprise, buying local, and mission-driven business, while also showing how today's companies have adopted the language-but not often the mission-of liberation and social change.
  • Publisher: La Vergne: Columbia University Press
  • Creation Date: 2017
  • Format: 331
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780231171588
    ISBN: 0231171587
    ISBN: 0231543085
    ISBN: 9780231543088
    EISBN: 0231543085
    EISBN: 9780231543088
    DOI: 10.7312/davi17158
    OCLC: 1024285475
    OCLC: 974912654
    LCCallNum: HD2785 .D33 2017
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