Retail and Community : : Business, Charity and the End of Empire.

• Author: Awal, Nadia.
• TeilnehmendeR: Field, Jessica, 1978-; Fitton, Triona.; Gehrhardt, Majorie.; Gilbert, Jenny.; Gray, Nick.; Keval, Harshad.; MacDonald, Ruth.; Mitchell, Ian.; Papini, Massimiliano.
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 pages)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Notes on Contributors --; Preface --; Retail and Community: English Experiences and International Encounters in the Long 20th Century --; The Commodification of Japanese Culture in Transcultural Charity Bazaars: The Mikado Festival and Feast of Lanterns in Darlington, 1887 --; Hall and Spindler, Bespoke Tailors and Outfitters of Leamington Spa, 1878-1895: A Study in Retail Credit, Trust and Loyalty --; Shopkeeper and Educator: Aspects of the Co-operative Movement in England, 1870-1914 --; 'By the Army, for the Army': The Salvation Army's Early Retail Activities, Criticisms and Responses in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries --; A Labour of Love: The Role of Retail in Salvation Army Rescue Work for Women --; Much More than a Gossip Shop: Black Country Independent Womenswear Retail, Family and Community --; Charity, Community and Trade: The British Charity Shop, 1940s-1970s --; Empire of Charity: The British 'Helping Hand' in South African Charity Shops, 1971-1972 --; Race, Retailing and the Windrush Generation: Principle and Practice in the John Lewis Partnership's Recruitment of Commonwealth Arrivals, 1950-1962 --; Encounters at the Counter: Race, Class and Belonging in the British Asian Corner Shop --; 'The Grocer Carried Me for Three Months': Retail Support for Workers Involved in Extended Industrial Disputes --; Understanding the 'Gift' in the Post-Economic Downturn Charity Shop --; Reflections --; Index
• ISBN: 152923526X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

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 centuries.