Lawrence B. Glickman (born January 10, 1963) is an American history professor and author or editor of four books and several articles on
consumerism. He has taught at
Cornell University since 2014, where he is Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor in American Studies.[1] Previously he taught at the
University of South Carolina. Glickman earned a
Princeton University B.A. in history
magna cum laude in 1985, a
M.A. in 1989 and his
Ph.D. in 1992 both from
University of California, Berkeley. He has written three books, A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society,[2]Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America,[3] and Free Enterprise: An American History.[4]
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JSTOR41722796,
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