{"product_id":"shops-and-shopping-1800-1914-where-and-in-what-manner-the-well-dressed-englishwoman-bought-her-clothes-9780571296019","title":"Shops and Shopping, 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alison Adburgham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1964, Alison Adburgham's \u003ci\u003eShops and Shopping, 1880-1914: Where and in What Matter the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e is a rightly celebrated and groundbreaking contribution to the social history of retail selling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Adburgham charts the Victorian origins and subsequent ascent of the 'department store', a mode of shopping that offered the customer an enviable selection of wares, a fixed price, and a recreational browsing experience that began with goods placed temptingly behind plate-glass and continued through shops carefully arranged so that customers might wander. These great emporia changed the labours and livelihoods of craftspeople and small shop-keepers, enhanced the reputation of England's capital and regional cities, and even altered the social climate of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Immaculately researched from primary sources, \u003ci\u003eShops and Shopping\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the key texts in the scholarly analysis of early mass consumer culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780715102359,"sku":"9780571296019","price":2490.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780571296019.webp?v=1778047544","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/shops-and-shopping-1800-1914-where-and-in-what-manner-the-well-dressed-englishwoman-bought-her-clothes-9780571296019","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}