The marketplace of revolution
Subtitle: how consumer politics shaped American independence
By: T.H. Breen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Economic aspects.
Notes: Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The revolutionary politics of consumption; title: Tale of the hospitable consumer : a revolutionary argument; title: pt. 1. An empire of goods. Inventories of desire : the evidence; title: Consumers' new world : the unintended consequences of commercial success; title: Vade mecum : the great chain of colonial acquisition; title: The corrosive logic of choise : living with goods; title: pt. 2. "A commercial plan for political salvation". Strength out of dependence : strategies of consumer resistance in an empire of goods; title: Making lists; title: taking names : the politicization of everyday life; title: Bonfires of tea : the final act.