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 both as printed hardcover 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 on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.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 Loven 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 Blonde, 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, Cle 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 Furnee 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
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).
