Ebook: Service and style: how the American department store fashioned the middle class
Author: Whitaker Jan
- Tags: Department stores--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century, Department stores--United States--History--20th century, Middle class--United States--History--20th century, Mittelstand, Soziale Rolle, Warenhaus, Middle class, Department stores, Department stores--Social aspects, Nonfiction, History, Department stores -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Middle class -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Department stores -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century, De
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- City: New York;USA;United States
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
- epub
"Service and Style re-creates the days of downtown department stores in their prime, from the 1890s through the 1960s. Exploring in detail the wide range of merchandise they sold, particularly style goods such as clothing and home furnishings, it examines how they displayed, promoted, and sometimes produced goods. It reveals how the stores grew, why they declined, and how they responded to and shaped the society around them."--Jacket.