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Retail and community : business, charity and the end of empire / George Campbell Gosling, Alix R. Green, and Grace Millar
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:- 9781529235265
- 381/.10941 23/eng/20240614
- HF5429.6.G7
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Summary: Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This interdisciplinary volume explores how English commercial, co-operative and charity retailing were shaped by and in turn influenced their social and political environments, from the local and the global, between the late-nineteenth and early twenty-first centuriesPPN: PPN: 1916209289Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
1. Retail and Community: English Experiences and International Encounters in the Long Twentieth Century -- George Campbell Gosling, Alix R. Green and Grace Millar2. The Commodification of Japanese Culture in Transcultural Charity Bazaars: The Mikado Festival and Feast of Lantern in Darlington, 1887 -- Massimiliano Papini3. Hall and Spindler, Bespoke Tailors and Outfitters of Leamington Spa, 1878-95: A Study in Retail Credit, Trust, and Loyalty -- Nick Gray4. Shopkeeper and Educator: Aspects of the Co-Operative Movement in England, 1870-1914 -- Ian Mitchell5. 'By the Army, for the Army': The Salvation Army's Early Retail Activities, Criticisms and Responses in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Marjorie Gehrhardt6. A Labour of Love: The Role of Retail in Salvation Army Rescue Work for Women -- Ruth Macdonald7. Much More Than a Gossip Shop: Black Country Independent Womenswear Retail, Family and Community -- Nadia Awal and Jenny Gilbert8. Charity, Community and Trade: The British Charity Shop, 1940s-1970s -- George Campbell Gosling9. Empire of Charity: The British 'Helping Hand' In South African Charity Shops, 1971-1972 -- Jessica Field10. 'Race', Retailing and the Windrush Generation: Principle and Practice in the John Lewis Partnership's Recruitment of Commonwealth Arrivals, 1950-62 -- Alix R. Green11. Encounters at the Counter: 'Race', Class and Belonging in the British Asian Corner Shop -- Harshad Keval12. 'The Grocer Carried Me for Three Months': Retail Support for Workers Involved in Extended Industrial Disputes -- Grace Millar13. Understanding the 'Gift' in the Post-Economic Downturn Charity Shop -- Triona Fitton14. Reflections -- George Campbell Gosling, Alix R. Green and Grace Millar .
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