Department Stores

Spiller, Keith (2015) Department Stores. In, Cook, D.T. and Ryan, J.M. (eds.) Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies. 1 ed. Wiley. (doi:10.1002/9781118989463.wbeccs094).

Abstract

Late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century department stores have been described as luxurious and grandiose “cathedrals of consumption” that contributed to, for instance, the creations of phantasmagoria, the promotion of commodity fetishes, and urban freedoms for unchaperoned women. The stores were a novel idea to the nineteenth-century consumer used to small shops specializing in specific products. For the first time a vast array and range of goods were available all within one space.

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Author: Keith Spiller

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