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An earlier version of chapter 4 appeared in Servicescapes: The Concept and Place in Con-
temporary Markets, edited by John Sherry, copyright 1998 NTC Business Books. Used by
permission.

An earlier version of chapter 6 originally appeared as "Ethnically Correct Dolls: Toying
with the Race Industry," American Anthropologist 101, no. 2; reprinted by permission of
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chin, Elizabeth, 1963-
Purchasing power : black kids and American consumer culture /
Elizabeth Chin,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8166-3510-2 (HC : acid-free paper) — ISBN 0-8166-3511-0
(PB : acid-free paper)
1. Consumption (Economics)—Connecticut—New Haven. 2. Purchasing
power—Connecticut—New Haven. 3. Afro-American children—Connecticut—
New Haven. 4. Afro-American consumers—Connecticut—New Haven. I. Title.
HC107.C8 C47 2001
306.3'089'96073—dc21
00-012081
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper

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