A history of shopping / by Dorothy Davis.

Main entry:

Davis, Dorothy (Sociologist)

Title & Author:

A history of shopping / by Dorothy Davis.

Publication:

London : Routledge & K. Paul ; Toronto : Toronto U.P., 1966.

Description:

xii, 322 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map ; 23 cm

Series:

Studies in social history.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.
Town markets in the late Middle Ages -- Fairs & their customers- -- New beginnings in retail distribution -- Buying food in London -- Shopping for pleasure in London -- Country shoppers & shopkeepers -- Some items for a restoration gentleman -- Bright lights & bow-windows -- The London poor -- A household in Buckinghamshire -- The man with a pack -- The climax of traditional retailing -- the second retailing revolution.

Subject:

Retail trade Great Britain History.
Food history
Cooking history
Commerce de détail Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Retail trade.
Winkelen.
Magasins Grande Bretagne Histoire.
Great Britain.
Great Britain Economic conditions.
Retail trade History Great Britain

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studies in social history (Routledge & Kegan Paul)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 123735
Call No.: ID:85-B21226
Status: Available

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