TY - BOOK AU - Longstreth,Richard W. ED - Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago. TI - The American department store transformed, 1920-1960 SN - 9780300149388 (hbk.) : U1 - 381.1'41'0973'09041 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New Haven, [Conn.], London PB - Yale University Press KW - Department stores KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Social aspects KW - Consumer behavior N1 - Published in association with The Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago; Includes bibliography (p. 307-312) and index; Specialized N2 - Richard Longstreth traces the development and evolution of department stores from local, urban institutions to suburban entities in America's 60 largest cities, showing how the stores underwent changes to adapt to dramatic economic and urban developments, including the decentralization from metropolitan areas ER -