Shops and Shopping 1800-1914 - Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes (Paperback, Main)

First published in 1964, Alison Adburgham's Shops and Shopping, 1880-1914: Where and in What Matter the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes is a rightly celebrated and groundbreaking contribution to the social history of retail selling. Adburgham charts the Victorian origins and subsequent ascent of the 'department store', a mode of shopping that offered the customer an enviable selection of wares, a fixed price, and a recreational browsing experience that began with goods placed temptingly behind plate-glass and continued through shops carefully arranged so that customers might wander. These great emporia changed the labours and livelihoods of craftspeople and small shop-keepers, enhanced the reputation of England's capital and regional cities, and even altered the social climate of England. Immaculately researched from primary sources, Shops and Shopping is one of the key texts in the scholarly analysis of early mass consumer culture.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	July 2012
Authors:	Alison Adburgham
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	344
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-29601-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Distributive industries > Retail sector
LSN:	0-571-29601-7
Barcode:	9780571296019

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