The Complete Tradesman : A Study of Retailing, 1550–1820 /: A Study of Retailing, 1550–1820. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy Cox.
• Authors: Cox, Nancy
• Contents: Contents: Introduction; ’Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production’: the current debate on consumption and retailing; A ’dangerous Consequence if the Trade of a Nation run into over-much shop-keeping’: contemporary thoughts on the retail sector, 1550-1800; Too great numbers of shopkeepers in this kingdom’: access to consumer goods, 1550-1800; ’Their shops are Dens, the buyer is their prey’: shop design and sale techniques, Nancy Cox and Claire Walsh; ’For a tradesman...his customers are to be his idols’: the relationship between the retailer and his customers; ’It is the most dangerous state of life that a man can live in’: managing credit; ’A settled little society of trading people who understand business’: networking among retailing tradesmen; ’I know not yet what that is, and am ashamed to ask’: accommodating innovation and novelty; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (284 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351892483; 1351892487
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.