The Urban Department Store in America, 18501930 - 9781409447436

Taylor & Francis

In the late nineteenth century, the urban department store arose as a built artifact and as a social institution in the United States. While the physical building type is the foundation of this comprehensive architectural study, Iarocci reaches beyond the analysis of the brick and mortar to reconsider how the \u2019spaces of selling\u2019 were culturally-produced spaces, as well as the product of interrelated economic, social, technological and aesthetic forces. > In the late nineteenth century, the urban department store arose as a built artifact and as a social institution in the United States. While the physical building type is the foundation of this comprehensive architectural study, Louisa Iarocci reaches beyond the analysis of the bricks and mortar to reconsider how the \u2019spaces of selling\u2019 were culturally-produced spaces, as well as the product of interrelated economic, social, technological and aesthetic forces. The agenda of the book is three-fold; to address t.