The department store : a social history /
Lancaster, William, 1938-
The department store : a social history / Bill Lancaster. - vii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The North British Proto-Department Store: Origins and Developments -- Luxury Democratised -- Buildings, Fixtures and Fittings -- The Drummer from the Land of Oz -- The Department Store 1920-39: Mergers, Realignment and Growth -- The Midway Comes to the High Street -- Pedlars, Nonconformists and Scientific Managers: Department Store Entrepreneurs -- Behind the Counter: Workers and the Department Store -- Theories on Consumer Society: Themes, Trends and Problems -- Women and Department Stores: Some Economic, Sexual and Political Ambiguities -- The Department Store and Society: Themes and Trends -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
071851985X 9780718519858 0718513746 9780718513740
95018851
Department stores--History--Great Britain
Industrial relations--History--Great Britain
Department stores--Social aspects--History.--Great Britain
HF5465.G73 / L36 1995
381.1410941
The department store : a social history / Bill Lancaster. - vii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The North British Proto-Department Store: Origins and Developments -- Luxury Democratised -- Buildings, Fixtures and Fittings -- The Drummer from the Land of Oz -- The Department Store 1920-39: Mergers, Realignment and Growth -- The Midway Comes to the High Street -- Pedlars, Nonconformists and Scientific Managers: Department Store Entrepreneurs -- Behind the Counter: Workers and the Department Store -- Theories on Consumer Society: Themes, Trends and Problems -- Women and Department Stores: Some Economic, Sexual and Political Ambiguities -- The Department Store and Society: Themes and Trends -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
071851985X 9780718519858 0718513746 9780718513740
95018851
Department stores--History--Great Britain
Industrial relations--History--Great Britain
Department stores--Social aspects--History.--Great Britain
HF5465.G73 / L36 1995
381.1410941