Consumer Revolution
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-8-2026
Department 1
History
Abstract
This essay describes the "consumer revolution" in the eighteenth-century Anglo-Atlantic world, focusing on the impact that imported consumer goods had on diets and material culture among colonial, Native American, and African peoples living in British North America.
ISBN/ISSN
9781009628082
Recommended Citation
Shannon, Timothy. “Consumer Revolution.” In Cambridge History of the American Revolution, eds. Marjoleine Kars, Michael A. McDonnell, and Andrew M. Schocket, 3 volumes (Cambridge University Press, 2026): 1:359-78.