It is now recognized that retail systems are crucially important in the development of mature economics. This is a comparative study of how European and North A
A Cultural History of Shopping was a Library Journal Best in Reference selection for 2022. Shopping emerged as a special pleasure and problem during the period
Retail history is a rich, cross-disciplinary field that demonstrates the centrality of retailing to many aspects of human experience, from the provisioning of e
The Complete Tradesman redresses the relative paucity of studies on the history of retailing before 1800. Based upon extensive research into diverse trade sourc
After World War II, structures, practices and the culture of retailing in most West European countries went through a period of rapid change. The post-war econo