Retail and Community Business, Charity and the End of Empire
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This interdisciplinary volume explores how English commercial, co-operative and charity retailing were shaped by and in turn influenced their social and political environments, from the local and the global, between the late-nineteenth and e...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press
2024.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009822978806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Retail and Community: English Experiences and International Encounters in the Long 20th Century
- The Commodification of Japanese Culture in Transcultural Charity Bazaars: The Mikado Festival and Feast of Lanterns in Darlington, 1887
- Hall and Spindler, Bespoke Tailors and Outfitters of Leamington Spa, 1878-1895: A Study in Retail Credit, Trust and Loyalty
- Shopkeeper and Educator: Aspects of the Co-operative Movement in England, 1870-1914
- 'By the Army, for the Army': The Salvation Army's Early Retail Activities, Criticisms and Responses in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
- A Labour of Love: The Role of Retail in Salvation Army Rescue Work for Women
- Much More than a Gossip Shop: Black Country Independent Womenswear Retail, Family and Community
- Charity, Community and Trade: The British Charity Shop, 1940s-1970s
- Empire of Charity: The British 'Helping Hand' in South African Charity Shops, 1971-1972
- Race, Retailing and the Windrush Generation: Principle and Practice in the John Lewis Partnership's Recruitment of Commonwealth Arrivals, 1950-1962
- Encounters at the Counter: Race, Class and Belonging in the British Asian Corner Shop
- 'The Grocer Carried Me for Three Months': Retail Support for Workers Involved in Extended Industrial Disputes
- Understanding the 'Gift' in the Post-Economic Downturn Charity Shop
- Reflections
- Index
