''Beggary of the nation'. Moral, economic and political attitudes to the retail sector in the early modern period' in J Benson & L Ugolini (eds), Nation of Shopkeepers. Five centuries of British retailing

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Author(s) Cox, Nancy
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2003
Pages pp26-51
Publisher IB Tauris
Place Published London

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Country England
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Explores attitudes to retailers, notably the low esteem in which they were generally held, and the often indirect reasons for this such as the 'moral anxieties about the dangers of luxury' and the odium associated with selling imported goods. Has sections: 'Luxury'; 'Balance of payments'; 'Prejudice against retailers'