Talk:Consumer movement

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Encyclopedia of the Consumer Movement

• ed, Stephen Brobeck, (1997). Encyclopedia of the consumer movement. Santa Barbara, Calif. [u.a.]: ABC-Clio. ISBN 0874369878.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

This 650 page book edited by Brobeck contains summaries of the histories the consumer movement from the perspectives of leaders in about 30 countries or regions. The preface of the book says that local people supervised the creation of the summary of their region, with Brobeck as the coordinator and editor of this. I plan to use this source to develop the outline of this article for other places. Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Other sources

• Charles R. Geisst, ed. (2005). "Consumer Movement". Encyclopedia of American business history. New York NY: Facts On File. ISBN 978-0816043507. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:47, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

• This is not the best source, but an overview is here and could be used to direct other research. Blue Rasberry (talk)

1937 article on the origin of the Consumer Movement

• DeArmond, Fred (January 1938). "Consumer clans are gathering". Nation's Business. 26 (1): 40–42.

This is an unusual source for several reasons.

• It is from 1938 and gives a detailed contemporary perspective of the consumer movement
• It uses the term "Consumer Movement" as a proper noun
• It is long-form research journalism and quite good
• It drops names of relevant individuals and organizations
• It tells the origin story of Consumers Union, which in retrospect, is relevant 80 years later as this organization remains active
• It is a critical perspective from a critical source.

Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:48, 24 April 2017 (UTC)