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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Preface; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: DESTROYING THE 'NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS'; 1 Ready Money Only: Small Shops and New Retail Methods; 2 Vanity Fairs: The Growth of Bazaars and Fancy Fairs; 3 'Mothers Beware!': Fraud by the Retailer; 4 The Culture of Fraud and the Female Consumer; PART II: CRIMINAL CONSUMPTION; 5 Shoplifting in Early Nineteenth-Century England; 6 Mrs. McGregor's Sealskin Jacket: Female Frauds and the Art of Buying Without Paying.
  • 7 Solving the Problem of the Criminal Consumer: Women and KleptomaniaConclusion; Bibliography; Index.