Carried away : the invention of modern shopping / Rachel Bowlby.

Author/creator Bowlby, Rachel, 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Description281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Women consumers--History.
Consumption (Economics)--History.
Shopping--History.
Supermarkets--History.
Department stores--History.

Contents The haunted superstore -- The mobile shopper -- The silent salesman -- The passer-by and the shop window -- The package -- The first shoppers -- The supermarket's beginnings -- The Dayton connection -- The jungle and other post-war supermarkets -- The reader in the supermarket -- The shopper in the survey -- The deviant, the checkout, and the future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.
LCCN 00056123
ISBN0231122748 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HC79.C6 B69 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold