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Back to the Shops : the High Street in History and the Future /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowlby, Rachel, 1957- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Retail trade > Great Britain > History.
Stores, Retail > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.
Shopping > Great Britain > History.
Commerce de deÌ?tail > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Magasins > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Magasinage > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Retail trade.
Shopping.
Stores, Retail > Social aspects.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Introduction
  • PART I SETTINGS
  • 1 Chains
  • 2 Convenience
  • 3 Fixed Prices
  • 4 Local Shops
  • 5 Mail Order
  • 6 Markets
  • 7 Self-Service and Supermarkets
  • 8 Shopping Centres
  • 9 Shop Windows
  • 10 Sources
  • PART II ROLES
  • 11 Collections
  • 12 Counters
  • 13 Credit and Credibility
  • 14 Customer Loyalty
  • 15 Motor Vans and Motor Buses
  • 16 Nineteenth-Century Bazaars
  • 17 Pedlars
  • 18 Saturday Nights and Sundays
  • 19 Scenes of Shopping
  • 20 Shopworkers and Shopkeepers
  • PART III SPECIALITIES
  • 21 Bakers
  • 22 Butchers
  • 23 Chemists
  • 24 Florists
  • 25 Furniture Shops
  • 26 Haberdashery
  • 27 Household Goods
  • 28 Jewellers
  • 29 Sweet Shops
  • 30 Umbrella Shops
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index