Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: May 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801871337
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Retail sector; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; Markets; History - U.S.; History - General History; History: American; USA; United States; Industries - Retailing; United States - General; Art / General; 19th century; History
First sentence: I began this book as an exploration into the rise and decline of public markets, with the assumption that this form of urban food retailing had virtually disappeared from American cities, superseded by chain grocery stores and supermarkets.