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Shopping for pleasure : women in the making of London's West End / Erika Diane Rappaport.

By: Rappaport, Erika DianeMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton U.P., 2001Description: xiii, 344 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0691044767 (pbk. (incl. VAT) )Subject(s): Consumer behavior -- England -- London -- Sex differences -- History | Women consumers -- England -- London -- History | Department stores -- England -- London -- HIstory | West End (London, England) -- Economic conditions | JBFF/1DBKESL/3JH/3JJ: Women's studiesDDC classification: 381.10942132
Contents:
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.
Holdings
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Book Book Paul Hamlyn Library Paul Hamlyn Library Floor 3 658.8342 RAP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 05858607
Book Book Ruskin College Library Ruskin College Library 914.21 RAP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R36317Y0085
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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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