When Ladies Go A-Thieving : Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store.

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This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Within the special world of the department store, women found themselves challenged to resist the enticements of consumption. Many succumbed, buying both what they needed and what they desired, but also s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abelson, Elaine S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Temas:
1800-1899
Shoplifting > United States > History > 19th century.
Female offenders > United States > History > 19th century.
Middle class women > United States > History > 19th century.
Women consumers > United States > History > 19th century.
Department stores > United States > History > 19th century.
Vol à l'étalage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Criminelles > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes de la classe moyenne > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Consommatrices > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Grands magasins > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Department stores
Female offenders
Middle class women
Shoplifting
Women consumers
United States
Shoplifting.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1 Urban Women and the Emergence of Shopping; 2 The World of the Store; 3 The Two-Way Mirror; 4 Invisible Authority; 5 Dilemmas of Detection; 6 Shoplifting Ladies; 7 " ... Disposition Shady, but a Perfect Lady"; Epilogue; A Note on Sources; Notes; Index.

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