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Biographical note
Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is co-editor of the journal, History of Retailing and Consumption. His publications include Consumption and the Country House (with Mark Rothery, 2016), A Taste for Luxury in Early Modern Europe (co-edited with Joanna Ilmakkunnas, Bloomsbury, 2017), The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing (2019) and Comfort in the Eighteenth-Century Country House (forthcoming).A Library Journal Best in Reference selection for 2022
How has the activity of shopping changed over the centuries? And what does it tell us about the lives and interests of people living within different cultures? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing an overview of a theme applied to a period in history. With the help of a broad range of case material they illustrate broad trends and nuances of the culture of shopping from antiquity to the present. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole and, to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are the same across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.
The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (500 BCE to 500 CE); 2 - Middle Ages (500 to 1450); 3 - Early Modern Age (1450 to 1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1820); 5 - Age of Revolution and Empire (1820 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to 2000+).
Themes and chapter titles are: Practices and Processes; Spaces and Places; Shoppers and Identities; Luxury and Everyday; Home and Family; Visual and Literary Representations; Reputation, Trust and Credit; and Governance, Regulation and the State.
The page extent for the pack is approximately 1,700 pp. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction by the Volume Editor and concludes with Notes, Bibliography and an Index.
The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Shopping is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available as hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a tangible reference for their shelves or as part of a fully-searchable digital library. The digital product is available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access via www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com . Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available in print or digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com .
Volume 1: A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity
Edited by Mary Harlow, University of Leicester, UK and Ray Laurence, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, Mary Harlow and Ray Laurence
1. Practices and Processes, Mary Harlow
2. Spaces and Places, Miko Flohr
3. Shoppers and Identities, Cameron Hawkins
4. Luxury and Everyday, Jo Stoner
5. Home and Family, Ray Laurence
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Lena Larsson Lovén
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, Claire Holleran
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Sarah E. Bond
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Volume 2: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Middle Ages
Edited by James Davis, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, James Davis and Richard Britnell
1. Practices and Processes, James Davis
2. Spaces and Places, Mark Page
3. Shoppers and Identities, Kate Kelsey Staples
4. Luxury and Everyday, Ben Jervis
5. Home and Family, James Davis
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Craig E. Bertolet
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, Catherine Casson
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Jessica Dijkman
Bibliography
Index
Volume 3: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Age
Edited by Tim Reinke-Williams, University of Northampton, UK
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, Tim Reinke-Williams
1. Practices and Processes, Bruno Blondé, Julie De Groot and Peter Stabel
2. Spaces and Places, Nancy Cox and Tim Reinke-Williams
3. Shoppers and Identities, Ian W. Archer
4. Luxury and Everyday, Katherine M. Tycz
5. Home and Family, Maria Cannon
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Sophie Pitman
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, James E. Shaw
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Aaron Allen
Bibliography
Index
Volume 4: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Enlightenment
Edited by Ilja Van Damme, University of Antwerp, Belgium
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, Ilja Van Damme
1. Practices and Processes, Ian Mitchell
2. Spaces and Places, Clé Lesger
3. Shoppers and Identities, Anne Montenach
4. Luxury and Everyday, Serena Dyer
5. Home and Family, Jon Stobart
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Alison O’Byrne
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, Tawny Paul
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Wouter Ryckbosch
Bibliography
Index
Volume 5: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Age of Revolution and Empire
Edited by Erika Rappaport, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, Erika Rappaport
1. Practices and Processes, Jessica P. Clark
2. Spaces and Places, Anneleen Arnout
3. Shoppers and Identities, Jan Hein Furnée
4. Luxury and Everyday, Manuel Charpy
5. Home and Family, Enrica Asquer
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Tamara S. Wagner
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, Erika Vause
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Nicole de Silva
Bibliography
Index
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Shopping in the Modern Age
Edited by Vicki Howard, University of Essex, UK
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface, Jon Stobart
Introduction, Vicki Howard
1. Practices and Processes, Sarah Elvins
2. Spaces and Places, Alison Hulme
3. Shoppers and Identities, Joshua L. Carreiro
4. Luxury and Everyday, Vicki Howard
5. Home and Family, Helen Sheumaker
6. Visual and Literary Representations, Angelica Michelis
7. Reputation, Trust and Credit, Franck Cochoy, Johan Hagberg and Hans Kjellberg
8. Governance, Regulation and the State, Jan Logemann
Bibliography
Index
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:
- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Early Modern Age
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age
The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.
Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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