Cultures of Selling : Perspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700 /: Perspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Laura Ugolini, John Benson.
• Authors: Ugolini, Laura
• Editors: Benson, John
• Contents: Contents: Introduction, John Benson and Laura Ugolini. Section 1 Itineraries and Spaces of Selling: West End shopping with Vogue: 1930s geographies of metropolitan consumption, Bronwen Edwards; Beyond the boundary of the shop: retail advertising spaces in 18th-century provincial England, Victoria Morgan; Creating new spaces of food consumption: the rise of mass catering and the activities of the Aerated Bread Company, Gareth Shaw, Louise Curth and Andrew Alexander. Section 2 Wheeling and Dealing: 'Speciousness is the bucketeer's watchword and outrageous effrontery his capital': financial bucket shops in the City of London, c. 1880-1939, Dilwyn Porter; Buy now - pay later. Credit: the mainstay of the retail furniture business? Clive Edwards; 'Funny money', hidden charges and repossession: working-class experiences of consumption and credit in the inter-war years, Avram Taylor. Section 3 Good Salesmanship: 'The customer is always right': change and continuity in British and American department store salesmanship, 1945-60, Joy Cushman; 'The diligent hand maketh rich': commercial advice for retailers in late 17th and early 18th century England, Elizabeth Anne Rothenberg; Interactions of discontent: customers, sales assistants and the state in the German Democratic Republic, 1970-89, Christina Schröder; The view from the shop: window display, the shopper and the formulation of theory, Susan Lomax. Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351946698; 1351946692
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