Marshall Field's
Subtitle: the store that helped build Chicago
By: Gayle Soucek
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781596298545
Subjects: Marshall Field's (Department store); Merchants; Retail trade; Economic conditions; Biography; History
Description: 155 p. : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why Marshall Field's matters; title: From the farm to the city : making of a merchant; title: Growth and rebirth : Field, Leiter & Company; title: Fire and survival : aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire; title: Change and philanthropy : the merchant's final years; title: Continuing the vision : the John Shedd years; title: Progress and despair : the Great Depression and the World's Fair; title: From the city to the suburbs : the changing face of retail; title: A child's dream : Christmas at Field's; title: Winds of change : BATUS and Target; title: An icon vanishes : the coming of Macy's.