English shops and shopping : an architectural history
2003, 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390298
ISBN: 0300101392
Physical description: viii, 343 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. 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. Subjects: Stores, Retail England History; Architecture England; Retail trade England History; Shopping centers England London; Shops Architecture England; Stores, Retail England Design and construction History; Stores, Retail England History; Shopping, History.
Price: €45.00