Shops and shopkeeping in eighteenth-century England / Hoh-cheung Mui, Lorna H. Mui.

Main entry:

Mui, Hoh-cheung, 1916-

Title & Author:

Shops and shopkeeping in eighteenth-century England / Hoh-cheung Mui, Lorna H. Mui.

Publication:

Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press ; London : Routledge, 1989.

Description:

xv, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Spine title: Shops & shopkeeping.
Includes bibliographical references.
Response of the retail sector to economic and social changes -- The number and geographical distribution of retail shops -- Functional distribution of shops -- Politics of shopkeeping: shopkeepers vs. hawkers, 1785-9 -- Shopkeepers in London and York: analyses of their trade, income, and site -- Number and proportion of principal and petty shopkeepers -- Role of village and back street shops in the household economy of the workers -- Tea dealers: grocers vs back street shops -- Tea dealers of London and York: their number and shop trades -- Geographical distribution of tea dealers in Great Britain at the end of the eighteenth century -- Petty shopkeepers: business practices and customers -- Changes in marketing and sales techniques -- Forces of competition in the retailing of tea.

Summary:

This original and scholarly study of shopkeeping in eighteenth century England draws on hitherto little used material providing a unique analysis of the pattern of retail trading in England just before the Industrial Revolution.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0773506209
9780773506206
0415016088
9780415016087

Subject:

Retail trade England History 18th century.
Stores, Retail England History 18th century.
Store, Retail England History 18th century.
Commerce de détail Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Magasins Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Retail trade.
Stores, Retail.
Laden
Einzelhandel
Winkels.
Retail trade Great Britain 18th century.
Stores, Retail Great Britain History 18th century.
Geschichte (1700-1800)
England.
Großbritannien
England Shops, history

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Mui, Lorna H.
Shops and shopkeeping in 18th century England.
Shops & shopkeeping.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 50069
Call No.: ID:89-B9031
Status: Available

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