Ebook {Epub PDF} World of Department Stores by Jan Whitaker

Whitaker's book is a useful resource that should be used mostly as an initiation to the world of retail, department stores and consumer society. It's more a summary than a research in depth, but it spans, both geographically and chronologically, a huge range of examples that help to understand the origins, development and main characteristics of this iconic buildings and companies/5.  · Jan Whitaker's The World of Department Stores looks back to the biggest and brightest shops— including the belle epoque splendor of Paris's Bon Marché, the block-long, palatial GUM in Moscow; and the always outrageous holiday windows at Barneys New York."/5(28).  · The title of this book is The World of Department Stores and it was written by Jan Whitaker. This particular edition is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of $ It was published /5(31).

Jan Whitaker's The World of Department Stores looks back to the biggest and brightest shops—. including the belle epoque splendor of Paris's Bon Marché, the block-long, palatial GUM in Moscow; and the always outrageous holiday windows at Barneys New York." - Elle Décor. "In photos and art, this visual feast details the extraordinary. The s witnessed a "burgeoning of department stores" says Jan Whitaker, consumer historian and author of The World of Department Stores. These new multi-floor emporiums that met every need from shoes to bed sheets were seen as "a women's club of sorts," she says. "And the restaurants were the heart of that.". The fact-filled, illustrated website maintained by Jan Whitaker, a social historian who writes about the history of department stores, tea rooms, and restaurants. Jan Whitaker's Consumer Society - Exploring American -- and world -- consumerism.

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