In this book historians and social scientists examine boycotts from the eighteenth century to the present day. Employed in struggles against British rule in the American colonies, against racial discrimination in the United States during the Civil Rights movement, and Apartheid in South Africa, today it is Israel that is the focus of a campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).

1. Boycotts From the American Revolution to BDS; David Feldman.- 2. Consumer Boycotts in Modern History: States, Moral Boundaries and Political Action; Frank Trentmann.- 3. In Defense of the Nation: Protectionism and Boycotts in the Habsburg Lands, 1844-1914; Michael L. Miller.- 4. The Enemy Within: The Anti-Jewish Boycott and Polish Right-Wing Politics in the Early Twentieth Century; Grzegorz Krzywiec- 5. Zionist "Buy National" Campaigns in Interwar Palestine; Hizky Shoham.- 6. Picketing Jewish-Owned Businesses in Nazi Germany: A Boycott?; Christof Kreuzmueller.- 7. Boycott Campaigns of the Radical Left in Cold-War West Germany; Alexander Seidlmeier.- 8. 'The Onward March of aPeople Who Desire to be Totally Free': The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott; Derek Charles Catsam, - 9. The United Farm Workers Union and the Use of the Boycott Against American Agribusiness; Lori A. Flores.- 10. Sanctions Against South Africa: Myths, Debates and Consequences; Yehonatan Alsheh.- 11. Sanctioning Apartheid: Comparing the South African and Palestinian Campaigns for Boycotts, Disinvestment and Sanctions; Lee Jones.- 12. A Collision of Frames: The BDS Movement and its Opponents in the United States; Sina Arnold.- 13.The British Summer of 2014: Boycotts, Antisemitism and the Jews; Dave Rich.- 14. Palestine: Boycott, Localism and Global Activism; Philip Marfleet- 15. The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement and Radical Democracy; John Chalcraft.- 16. Moral-Historical Questions of the Anti-Israel Boycott; Jeremy Krikler.