Nation of Shopkeepers. Five centuries of British retailing
Details:
- Author(s) Benson, John, & Laura Ugolini (eds)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2003
- Pages 269pp; illus
- Publisher IB Tauris
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Comprises nine essays relating to retail history and cultures of consumption, in particular examining 'the complex relationship between retailing development and the consuming environment'. Structured in three parts: 1] 'Representations and self-representations'; 2] 'Patterns and processes'; 3] 'Property, politics and communities'. For relevant essays see individual BHE entries