An enormously entertaining yet serious account of how shopping has come to be so central to American social life. Traces the rise of department stores, boutiques and bargain stores. For readers of Thomas Hine's I Want That and Lizbeth Cohen's A Consumer's Republic. Includes fascinating vignettes of contemporary shoppers.
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An enormously entertaining yet serious account of how shopping has come to be so central to American social life. Traces the rise of department stores, boutiques and bargain stores. For readers of Thomas Hine's I Want That and Lizbeth Cohen's A Consumer's Republic. Includes fascinating vignettes of contemporary shoppers.
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