Temples of Luxury: Volume II: Department Stores: 2 by Sanders, Schmid New..

Name: Temples of Luxury: Volume II: Department Stores: 2 by Sanders, Schmid New..
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Temples of Luxury\nby Lise Sanders\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Lise Sanders\nTitle: Temples of Luxury\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Retail and wholesale industries\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis\nPublication year: 2023\nEdition: 1\nISBN-13: 9780367425883\nISBN-10: 0367425882\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThis two-volume collection of British primary sources examines institutions such as hotels, inns, arcades, bazaars, co-operatives, shops and department stores in the long nineteenth century, which were often coded as \u00E2luxurious\u00E2. This period was marked not only by an increase of individual consumerism but also by the institutionalisation of opulent, often purpose-built spaces such as the much-admired new grand hotels, supposedly an American invention, .