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Streets of splendor : shopping culture and spaces in a European capital city (Brussels, 1830-1914) / Anneleen Arnout.

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This book addresses the unresolved question of how urban retailing and consumption changed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It replaces the usual focus on just one (type of) shopping institution with that of the urban shopping landscape in its entirety. Based on secondary sources...

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Main Author: Arnout, Anneleen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Subjects:
Retail trade > Social aspects > Belgium > Brussels > History.
Consumers > Belgium > Brussels > History.
Urbanization > Social aspects > Belgium > Brussels > History.
Brussels (Belgium) > Commerce > History.
Commerce
Consumers
Retail trade > Social aspects
Urbanization > Social aspects
Belgium > Brussels
History
Table of Contents:
  • Setting up shop: introduction
  • Bursting blossoms: brussels shops and shopping, 1830s
  • Shopping style: the galeries Saint-Hubert and the Chaussée
  • Cleaning house: markets and halls
  • Bigger and brighter: downtown and the department store
  • Shopping galore: Brussels shops and shopping, 1910s
  • Closing time: conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Index.

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