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A shoppers' paradise : how the ladies of Chicago claimed power and pleasure in the new downtown /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Remus, Emily, 1984- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Women consumers > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Shopping > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Purchasing power > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Retail trade > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Loop (Chicago, Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Moneyed women and the downtown
  • The hoopskirt war of 1893
  • Consumer rights and the theater hat problem
  • Tippling ladies and public pleasure
  • Mashers, prostitutes, and shopping ladies
  • The traffic of women.