Emporium
Subtitle: selling the dream in colonial Australia
By: Edwin Barnard
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Canberra ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780642278685
Subjects: Advertising; History; Shopping; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: Featuring 500 advertisements dating from 1803 until the start of the twentieth century, and backed by a lively and entertaining text that explores some of the background behind the advertisements, Emporium offers a unique view of daily life in nineteenth-century Australia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.