Counter Cultures
Subtitle: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores, 1890-1940 (Working Class in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 1, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780252060137
Subjects: Women's studies; Industries - Retailing; History; History - General History; History: American; USA; United States; General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Department stores; Employees; Women clerks (Retail trade)
First sentence: In 1840 there was no such thing as a department store; the best retail wisdom of the early nineteenth century stressed specialization as opposed to the huge assortment of merchandise that would be the hallmark of the department store.