Jon Stobart (UK Manchester Metropolitan University), Andrew Hann, Victoria Morgan

Broschiertes Buch

Spaces of Consumption

Leisure and Shopping in the English Town, c.1680-1830

Beschreibung

This inspiring new study is based on the established key theme of consumption à â â selecting and purchasing goods, attending plays, promenading à â â and explores the ways in which these were related through the shop, the theatre and the street.

Autor

Jon Stobart is Professor of History at the University of Northampton. His current research focuses on the history of shopping, leisure and consumption, in both urban and rural contexts. He has also published widely on urban space, urban and regional identity and the industrial revolution. Andrew Hann is a Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich and County Editor of the Victoria County History of Kent. His research interests include the history of retailing and consumption, urban and industrial change and the writing of community histories. Victoria Morgan gained her doctorate at the University of Coventry where she was a Researcher in Historical Geography. She now works as a barrister in London and maintains a strong interest in eighteenth-century urban development and local history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU4569Z
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780415424561
• ISBN-10: 0415424569
• Artikelnr.: 22844262