Shopping for pleasure : women in the making of London's West End /

Rappaport, Erika Diane.

Shopping for pleasure : women in the making of London's West End / Erika Diane Rappaport. - Princeton U.P., 2001. - xiii, 344 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliography (p.281-233) and index.

The halls of temptation: the universal provider and the pleasures of suburbia - The trials of consumption: marriage, law and women's credit - Resting places for women wayfarers: feminism and the comforts of the public sphere - Metropolitan journeys: shopping, travelling and reading the West End - A new era of shopping: an Amercian department store in Edwardian London - Acts of consumption: musical comedy and the desire of exchange.

Tertiary Education (US: College) Professional & Vocational.

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Consumer behavior--Sex differences--History.--England--London
Women consumers--History.--England--London
Department stores--HIstory.--England--London
West End (London, England)--Economic conditions.

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