Behind the counter
Subtitle: shop lives from market stall to supermarket
By: Pamela Horn
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780750939300
Subjects: Retail trade; History; Retail Stores; Social conditions
Description: During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain's population grew rapidly as the country became urbanized and industrialized. Shops, shopkeepers, and shopworkers also increased in number at this time to provide and sell to the expanding population. This book tells the story of the people who worked in the retail trade during this period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.