English shops and shopping : an architectural history / Kathryn Morrison
2003, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #446900
ISBN: 0300101392
Physical description; viii, 343 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references 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. Subjects; Stores, Retail England History. Architecture England. Retail trade England History. Shopping centers England London. Shops Architecture England. Architecture. Retail trade. Stores, Retail.
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