Commerce in Color: Race, Consumer Culture, and American Literature, 1893-1933

by James C. Davis and James Davis

Book Overview

Commerce in Color exploresthe juncture of consumer culture and race by examining advertising, literary texts, mass culture, and public events in the United States from 1893 to 1933. James C. Davis takes up a remarkable range of subjects--including the crucial role publishers Boni and Liveright played in the marketing of Harlem Renaissance literature, Henry James's critique of materialism in The American Scene, and the commodification...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047206987X
• ISBN13: 9780472069873
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9"