| Description |
viii, 343 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-332) and index. |
| Contents |
Stalls, shambles and shops: marketing and shopping before 1700 -- 'Of fine shops and fine shews': the birth of fashionable shopping in London -- Beguiling the gaze: shopfront design 1750-2000 -- Tradition on the High Street: specialist traders and their shops -- Shopping in style: bazaars and arcades -- Civilising the centre: market halls -- Shopping palaces: warehouses and emporia, 1800-1900 -- From the cradle to the grave: co-operative stores -- The big store in the twentieth century -- Kings of commerce: multiple shops and chain stores -- Building a better tomorrow: urban precincts and malls -- Big box retailing: supermarkets and superstores -- Shopping unlimited: the move out of town -- The landscape of desire. |
| Subject |
Stores, Retail -- England -- History.
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Architecture -- England.
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Retail trade -- England -- History.
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| ISBN |
0300101392 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300102194 |
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