Cheap Street: London’S Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C.1850–1939

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Victoria Kelley

Cheap Street

London’S Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C.1850–1939

Victoria Kelley

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Manchester University Press
28 June 2022

From around 1850, London's street markets grew in number and scale, giving working-class Londoners a site for shopping, entertainment and sociability. Cheap Street is the first major study of this subject, analysing the street markets as a component of London's lively informal economy, and providing new insights into urban and consumer geographies. -- .

By: Victoria Kelley
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 503g
ISBN: 9781526163851
ISBN 10: 1526163853
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 28 June 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. What is a street market? 2. Things 3. Streets 4. People 5. Street markets, informality and the performance of London Conclusion Select bibliography Index -- .

Victoria Kelley is Director of Research and Professor of the History of Design and Material Culture at the University for the Creative Arts

Reviews for Cheap Street: London’S Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C.1850–1939

'Throughout, Kelley evokes the vibrancy and spectacle of the street markets. The chapter on 'Streets' is a highlight, due no doubt to her expertise in the history of design and material culture. [...] These stories do not just stick in the mind. London's irregular markets were full of delight and stimulation, but at the same time complicated categories and norms of metropolitan society. Kelley lets London's street markets dazzle us, before making us think again.' Cultural and Social History 'a well written and richly illustrated book on London street markets [...] Cheap Street offers readers an intelligent, synthetic picture of street markets that is accessible to scholars and students alike.' Judith R. Walkowitz, Victorian Studies -- .