CohenLizabeth. A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America (Knopf, 2003). A comprehensive social history of the politics of consumerism in the 20th century, focusing on race and gender inequality.
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FeaginJoe R.SikesMelvin P.. Living with Racism: The Black Middle Class Experience (Beacon, 1994). An encyclopedic account of the routine racism that middle-class African Americans face in their daily lives.
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WeemsRobert E.. Desegregating the Dollar: African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century (New York University Press, 1998). Describes the complex history of racism and resistance experienced by African-American consumers in the United States.
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WilliamsChristine L.. Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality (University of California Press, 2006). A study of the social organization of the retail industry, emphasizing how shopping reproduces race, class, and gender inequalities.
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WrigleyJulia. Other People's Children (Basic Books, 1995). Wrigley documents the racial preferences and prejudices of middle-class employers who hire nannies to provide child care and other domestic labor in their homes.
