The clothing trade in provincial England, 1800-1850

Author(s)

• Toplis, Alison

Bibliographic Information

The clothing trade in provincial England, 1800-1850

by Alison Toplis

（Perspectives in economic and social history, 12）

Routledge, 2015

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 205-223

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources including newspapers, trade directories, court records, visual sources and surviving garments, Toplis investigates how the apparel of the mass of the British population was acquired.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Clothing Shops and Working-Class Consumers
• Chapter 2 The Shopkeeper and the Workingclass Consumer
• Chapter 3 Selling by Non-Fixed Traders
• Chapter 4 Clothing the Poor: Parish Relief
• Chapter 5 Clothing The Poor: Charity
• Chapter 6 Fashion and the Working-Class Consumer
• conclusion Conclusion

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Details

• NCID: BC18927990
• ISBN:
  • 9781138664449
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 235 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 338.47687094209034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Clothing trade -- England -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Clothing trade -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA90056786