Retail and Community Business, Charity and the End of Empire
Synopsis
Retail has never existed in a vacuum. 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 to the global, between the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries. Historians, sociologists, archivists and heritage professionals engage with current debates on the rise of modern business and the decline of the high street, class and credit, professionalisation in the voluntary sector, migration and the end of empire.This book will be a key resource to better understand retail and community in an era defined by social change, shedding new light on the enduring centrality of community relationships to modern retailers.
Book details
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Author:
- Nadia Awal, Jessica Field, Triona Fitton, Majorie Gehrhardt, Jenny Gilbert, Nick Gray, Harshad Keval, Ruth MacDonald, Ian Mitchell, Massimiliano Papini
- ISBN:
- 9781529235265
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781529235272, 9781529235258, 9781529235241
- Publisher:
- Bristol University Press
- Pages:
- 252
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2024-06-27
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Copyright by:
- Bristol University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
-
English
- Categories:
-
Business and Finance, History, Nonfiction