The contradictions of consumption: An archaeology of African America and consumer culture, 1850-1930

This dissertation examines the relationship between racial ideology, material consumption, and African America's struggle to secure civil and consumer privileges between 1850 and 1930. It evaluates how African American material discourses and consumption patterns subverted racial caricatures an...

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Main Author: Mullins, Paul Raymond
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1996
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9709634