Carried away : the invention of modern shopping /

Bowlby, Rachel.

Carried away : the invention of modern shopping / Rachel Bowlby. - London : Faber, 2000. - 281p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.

Bowlby presents the curious history of our ideas about shopping & female consumerism. She examines the development of stores, self-service & supermarkets throughout the 20th century. Sources include trade journals & texts on marketing as well as novels.

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