{"product_id":"shops-and-shopping-1800-1914","title":"Shops and Shopping 1800-1914","description":"\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Default Title","offer_id":54243721478488,"sku":"9780571296019","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571296019_35606a08-1838-4e82-8b14-2a174ad5f1f9.jpg?v=1765958413","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shops-and-shopping-1800-1914","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}