Crime, gender, and consumer culture in nineteenth-century England / Tammy C. Whitlock.
| Author/creator | Whitlock, Tammy C., 1967- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, |
| Description | 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | The history of retailing and consumption |
| Contents | Ready money only : small shops and new retail methods -- Vanity fairs : the growth of bazaars and fancy fairs -- 'Mothers beware!' : fraud by the retailer -- The culture of fraud and the female consumer -- Shoplifting in early nineteenth-century England -- Mrs. McGregor's sealskin jacket : female frauds and the art of buying without paying -- Solving the problem of the criminal consumer : women and kleptomania. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004016884 |
| ISBN | 0754652076 (alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |