'A stolen garment or a reasonable price? The male consumer and the illicit second hand clothing market in the first half of the nineteenth century' in J Stobart & I van Damme (eds), Modernity and the Second Hand Trade. European consumption patterns and practices, 1700-1900

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Author(s) Toplis, Alison
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2010
Pages pp57-72
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Place Published Basingstoke

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Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Explores the provincial - notably Herefordshire and Worcestershire - second hand clothes markets in first half of 19th century, in particular 1] the participation in it by men and 2] illicit trading networks in stolen clothing. Has sections: 'Clothing the working man - function and fashion'; 'Obtaining clothing - shops'; 'Buying on the illicit market'; 'Motivations for using the illicit market'