A Nation of Shopkeepers: Five Centuries of British Retailing

"A Nation of Shopkeepers" reflects research on retail history and cultures of consumption. The contributors challenge existing ideas about retail development, showing how, for example, large-scale retailers played a far lesser role in the development of the modern city that is generally thought, and how the success of department stores was determined less by "entrepreneurial" spirit and more by the unforseen consequences of legislation. With the growing interest in cultures of consumption, this book should be useful to specialists and students in retail history, human geography and social and cultural history.

Author: Laura Ugolini, John Benson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/21/2002
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.42w x 0.86d
ISBN13: 9781860647086
ISBN10: 1860647081
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General
- Business & Economics | Industries | Retailing

About the Author
John Benson is Professor of History at the University of Wolverhampton. Laura Ugolini is Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton.