Amanda McLeod

I am interested in difference-making, climate-related consumer obligations, ethical consumption, consumer protection and sustainability.

Refereed Articles
‘Self-Sufficiency in a ‘Time of Plenty’: Mass Consumerism and Freedom in 1970s Australia’, (in progress)
‘The Silence of 30,000 files: The negotiation and evolution of ideas in writing a history of Consumer Affairs Victoria, 1964-2010’, Circa: The Journal for Professional Historians, no. 1, 2010, pp.23-28.
‘Pseudo Scientific Hokus Pokus’, Motivational Research’s Australian Application, Journal of Historical Research in Marketing, June, 1(2), 2009, pp.224-244.
‘Quality Control: The Philosophical Origins of the Australian Consumers Association’, Business History (UK), 50(1), January 2008, pp.79-98.
‘Scientific Management of the Consumer Interest’, Business History (UK), 49(5), October 2007, pp.663-681, with Chris Nyland, pp.717-735.
‘Recommendations to Prohibitions’, Philosophy For Business, 8(30) May 2004, http://www.isfp.co.uk/businesspathways/ 
‘The Lady Means Business: Marketing to the Electrical Appliance Consumer during the 1950s and 1960s’, Melbourne Historical Journal, December, 2003.
Reviews
‘Business as Usual: Geo-engineering – magic bullet or poison chalice’, Review of Clive Hamilton, Earthmasters: Playing God with the Climate, Allen & Unwin, 2013, ABR – Australian Book Review, March 2013, pp. 19&21 (commissioned review).
Review of Richard Aitken, The Garden of Ideas: Four Centuries of Australian Style, Carlton: Miegunyah Press 2010, in PHAROS: the newsletter of the Professional Historians Association (Vic), December 2011.
‘The joy of shopping’, Review of ‘til you drop: shopping – a Melbourne history’ exhibition, History Australia, vol. 7, no. 2, 2010, pp. 38.1-38.2 (invited review).
Review of Alison Bartlett, Breastwork: Rethinking Breastfeeding, Sydney: UNSW Press, 2005, API Review of Books, 40, January, 2006: http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=0868409693&issue=40
‘Keeping up with the Joneses’, Review of Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss, Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough, Allen & Unwin, 2005, Australian Book Review, August, 2005 (commissioned review).
Review of Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss, Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough, Allen & Unwin, 2005, Good Life Book Club, June 27, 2006 http://www.goodlifebookclub.com/catalog/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=355&reviews_id=26&osCsid=fa0dc0e9374e668f5b6da2a2e99a0548
Review of Liz Ross, Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win!, Melbourne: Vulgar Press: 2004, API Review of Books, 31, March 2005: http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=0958079498.
Review of Michael Webber and Sally Weller, Refashioning the Rag Trade: Internationalising Australia’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industries, Sydney: UNSW Press, 2001, API Review of Books, 24, June 2004: http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/reviews/jrbview.cgi?n=086840540X.
Review of Fred Brenchley, Allan Fels: A Portrait of Power, John Wiley, 2003, Eras, www.arts.monash.edu.au/eras, 6, November 2004.
Conference Papers (refereed)
‘The Cold War and the Scientific Management of Consumer Interests’, Academy of Management Meeting, Honolulu, August 2005, with Chris Nyland.
Supervisors: Linda Barclay and Toby Handfield
Address: Clayton, Victoria, Australia