From Main Street to Mall : : The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store / / Vicki Howard.
The geography of American retail has changed dramatically since the first luxurious department stores sprang up in nineteenth-century cities. Introducing light, color, and music to dry-goods emporia, these "palaces of consumption" transformed mere trade into occasions for pleasure and spec...
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Howard, Vicki, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut From Main Street to Mall : The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store / Vicki Howard. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (304 p.) : 30 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda American Business, Politics, and Society Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Palace of Consumption -- Chapter 2. Creating an Industry -- Chapter 3. Modernizing Main Street -- Chapter 4. A New Deal for Department Stores -- Chapter 5. An Essential Industry in Wartime -- Chapter 6. The Race for the Suburbs -- Chapter 7. The Postwar Discount Revolution -- Chapter 8. The Death of the Department Store -- Epilogue. Remembering Downtown Department Stores -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The geography of American retail has changed dramatically since the first luxurious department stores sprang up in nineteenth-century cities. Introducing light, color, and music to dry-goods emporia, these "palaces of consumption" transformed mere trade into occasions for pleasure and spectacle. Through the early twentieth century, department stores remained centers of social activity in local communities. But after World War II, suburban growth and the ubiquity of automobiles shifted the seat of economic prosperity to malls and shopping centers. The subsequent rise of discount big-box stores and electronic shopping accelerated the pace at which local department stores were shuttered or absorbed by national chains. But as the outpouring of nostalgia for lost downtown stores and historic shopping districts would indicate, these vibrant social institutions were intimately connected to American political, cultural, and economic identities.The first national study of the department store industry, From Main Street to Mall traces the changing economic and political contexts that transformed the American shopping experience in the twentieth century. With careful attention to small-town stores as well as glamorous landmarks such as Marshall Field's in Chicago and Wanamaker's in Philadelphia, historian Vicki Howard offers a comprehensive account of the uneven trajectory that brought about the loss of locally identified department store firms and the rise of national chains like Macy's and J. C. Penney. She draws on a wealth of primary source evidence to demonstrate how the decisions of consumers, government policy makers, and department store industry leaders culminated in today's Wal-Mart world. Richly illustrated with archival photographs of the nation's beloved downtown business centers, From Main Street to Mall shows that department stores were more than just places to shop. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) African American poor families Government policy History 20th century. African American poor families Social conditions History 20th century. African American poor families Social conditions 20th century 20th century. African American poor families Social conditions 20th century. Civil rights movements United States History 20th century. Department stores United States History 20th century. American Studies. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Retailing. bisacsh American History. Business. Cultural Studies. Economics. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015 9783110439687 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics 2015 9783110438734 ZDB-23-DBV Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 9783110665932 print 9780812247282 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291483 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812291483 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812291483.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Palace of Consumption -- Chapter 2. Creating an Industry -- Chapter 3. Modernizing Main Street -- Chapter 4. A New Deal for Department Stores -- Chapter 5. An Essential Industry in Wartime -- Chapter 6. The Race for the Suburbs -- Chapter 7. The Postwar Discount Revolution -- Chapter 8. The Death of the Department Store -- Epilogue. Remembering Downtown Department Stores -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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