English shops and shopping
Subtitle: an architectural history
By: Kathryn A. Morrison.
Publisher: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Stores, Retail -- England -- History; Architecture -- England; Retail trade -- England -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-332) and index.
Table of contents: title: Stalls, shambles and shops: marketing and shopping before 1700; title: 'Of fine shops and fine shews': the birth of fashionable shopping in London; title: Beguiling the gaze: shopfront design 1750-2000; title: Tradition on the High Street: specialist traders and their shops; title: Shopping in style: bazaars and arcades; title: Civilising the centre: market halls; title: Shopping palaces: warehouses and emporia, 1800-1900; title: From the cradle to the grave: co-operative stores; title: The big store in the twentieth century; title: Kings of commerce: multiple shops and chain stores; title: Building a better tomorrow: urban precincts and malls; title: Big box retailing: supermarkets and superstores; title: Shopping unlimited: the move out of town; title: The landscape of desire.