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Cheap Street - London'S Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C.1850-1939 (Paperback)
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Cheap Street - London'S Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C.1850-1939 (Paperback)
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Cheap street is a lively and scholarly account of London's street
markets, which were an overlooked site of urban modernity and the
most vigorous outgrowth of the informal economy that flourished
below and beyond the recognised institutions of the consumer city.
Kelley brings together design and material culture history, urban
studies and social and cultural history to analyse the street
markets' distinct characteristics. These included the flaring naked
flames of their naphtha lights, their impermanent yet persistent
unofficial occupation of space, and the noisy performative selling
that took place there. The result is a new interpretation of
London's urban geographies, moving beyond the accepted view of the
West End as the consumer city and the East as the city of poverty,
and demonstrating that the informality of the street markets was a
powerful force in shaping representations of London and its people.
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