CiNii 図書 - The department store : a social history

The department store was brought to its first peak in the middle of the 19th century in Paris. It was seized on and developed as a central feature of American urban life by the pioneers based particularly in Chicago. Subsequently Gordon Selfridge left Chicago to bring the idea to London in the early 20th century. This is a comparative social history of the department store in its manifestations on both sides of the Atlantic over a period of seventy years. It deals at length with the importance of the department store in the history of retailing and with its role in the transformation of urban life, particularly the city centre, the rise of the consumer and the economic and social liberation of women. Bill Lancaster addresses the architecture and technology of the department store and the influences upon its design of new ideas about retailing and new technologies. Also dealt with at length is the change in its customer base - the move from catering merely to upper and middle class clientele to temples of mass consumption of the 1900s. Finally the book reviews the development of rivalry in the city centre between department stores, the trends in retailing since the 1930s and the impact of the out-of-town store on the health and appeal of the city centre department store.

The North British proto-department store - origins and developments
luxury democratized
buildings, fixtures and fittings
the drummer from the land of Oz
the department store 1920-1939 - mergers, realignment and growth
the midway comes to the High Street
pedlars, non-conformists and scientific managers - department store entrepreneurs
behind the counter - workers and the department store
theories on consumer society - themes, trends and problems
women and department stores - some economic, sexual and political ambiguities
the department store and society - themes and trends.

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780718519858

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The department store was brought to its first peak in the middle of the 19th century in Paris. It was seized on and developed as a central feature of American urban life by the pioneers based particularly in Chicago. Subsequently Gordon Selfridge left Chicago to bring the idea to London in the early 20th century. This is a comparative social history of the department store in its manifestations on both sides of the Atlantic over a period of 70 years. It deals at length with the importance of the department store in the history of retailing and with its role in the transformation of urban life, particularly the city centre, the rise of the consumer and the economic and social liberation of women. Bill Lancaster addresses the architecture and technology of the department store and the influences upon its design of new ideas about retailing and new technologies. Also dealt with at length is the change in its customer base - the move from catering merely to upper- and middle-class clientele to temples of mass consumption of the 1900s. Finally the book reviews the development of rivalry in the city centre between department stores, the trends in retailing since the 1930s and the impact of the out-of-town store on the health and appeal of the city-centre department store.

Introduction - the first carnival of the bourgeoisie
the proto-department store in northern Britain 1837-1870
Paris and the triumph of the Grand Magasin
luxury democratized
the American contribution to department store development - Field, Macey and Wannamaker
the drummer from the land of Oz - Gordon H. Selfridge and the Americanization of British stores
the inter-war department store - a golden age?
theories on consumer society -themes, trends and problems
women and department stores - some economic, political and sexual ambiguities
behind the counter -work and the department store
the department store and modern society.

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