A Cultural History of Shopping by Jon Stobart - ISBN: 9781350027060
Hardcover
Shopping’s 2,500-year journey: culture, identity, and the marketplace revealed.

A Cultural History of Shopping

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    25 August 2022

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Summary

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How has the activity of shopping changed over the centuries? And what does it tell us about the lives and interests of people living within different cultures? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing an overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help of a broad range of case material they illustrate broad trends and nuances of the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350027060
ISBN-10:1350027065
Author:Jon Stobart, Sarah Phillips
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Hardcover
Release Date:25 August 2022
Weight:3.92kg
Dimensions:254mm x 176mm x 106mm
Series:The Cultural Histories Series
About The Author

Jon Stobart

Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is co-editor of the journal, History of Retailing and Consumption. His publications include Consumption and the Country House (with Mark Rothery, 2016), A Taste for Luxury in Early Modern Europe (co-edited with Joanna Ilmakkunnas, Bloomsbury, 2017), The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing (2019) and Comfort in the Eighteenth-Century Country House (forthcoming).

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