English shops and shopping : an architectural history /
Kathryn A. Morrison.
- 336 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm
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 -- Conclusion: The Landscape of Desire. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
"This new book outlines the development of shop architecture, from the medieval market place through the specialist luxury shops and bazaars of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the department stories, multiples and out-of-town shops that are familiar today. The book, beautifully illustrated with both contemporary and historic photographs, as well as engravings and specially commissioned drawings and plans, shows how shops catered for different markets at different times and illustrates the influences, ideas, and technology behind the various methods of displaying goods and planning both individual shops and huge retail parks."--BOOK JACKET.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.