Consuming Anxieties - by Charlotte Sussman (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book asks why boycotts as a mode of political protest have proved so influential over the past 200 years, and why they were particularly useful in anticolonial struggles. It answers these questions through new readings of literary works by Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, and others, as well as through political and economic discourses connected with consumer culture and colonialism.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This book asks why boycotts as a mode of political protest have proved so influential over the past 200 years, and why they were particularly useful in anticolonial struggles. It answers these questions through new readings of literary works by Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, and others, as well as through political and economic discourses connected with consumer culture and colonialism.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"Consuming Anxieties is an absorbing book that deserves to be read and reread. . . . Sussman brilliantly recreates the cultural milieu in which sentimental abolitionism took root."--International History Review<br>"Sussman. . . . pulls off the difficult task of writing a truly interdisciplinary study. . . . --Slavery and Abolition<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Consuming Anxieties</i> is an absorbing book that deserves to be read and reread. . . . Sussman brilliantly recreates the cultural milieu in which sentimental abolitionism took root.--<i>International History Review</i><br><br>[An] interesting and well-written book.--<i>Slavery and Abolition</i><br><br>An illuminating study.--<i>Albion</i><br><br>Sussman. . . . pulls off the difficult task of writing a truly interdisciplinary study. . . .--<i>Slavery and Abolition</i><br><br>This is an insightful and welcome treatment of an important subject . . . .The style and substance of this volume are evident.--<i>Canadian Journal of History</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Charlotte Sussman is Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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