A shoppers' paradise : how the ladies of Chicago claimed power and pleasure in the new downtown /

A Shoppers' Paradise examines the incorporation of women consumers into public space and public culture. The site is Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century--when the city, rising like a phoenix after the Great Fire, became a center of debate over capitalist urbanism. The book explores the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Remus, Emily, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Women consumers > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Shopping > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Purchasing power > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Retail trade > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Consommatrices > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Magasinage > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Pouvoir d'achat > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Commerce de détail > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Marketing > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Sales & Selling > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Economic history
Purchasing power
Retail trade
Shopping
Women consumers
Loop (Chicago, Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > Economic conditions.
Illinois > Chicago
Illinois > Chicago > Loop
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Monied women and the downtown of the 1890s
  • The hoopskirt war of 1893
  • Consumer rights and the theater hat problem
  • Tippling ladies and public pleasure
  • Mashers, prostitutes, and shopping ladies
  • The traffic of women.

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