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The Bon Marche : Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920 /

In this comprehensive social history of the Bon Marché, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, Michael Miller explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the new emporia so vividly dramatized. Through an original interpretation of paternali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, Michael B. (Michael Barry), 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1981.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this comprehensive social history of the Bon Marché, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, Michael Miller explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the new emporia so vividly dramatized. Through an original interpretation of paternalism, public images, and family-firm relationships, he shows how this new business enterprise succeeded in reconciling traditional values with the coming of an age of mass consumption and bureaucracy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400856114