Retail history is a rich, cross-disciplinary field that demonstrates the centrality of retailing to many aspects of human experience, from the provisioning of everyday goods to the shaping of urban environments; from earning a living to the construction of identity. Over the last few decades, interest in the history of retail has increased greatly, spanning centuries, extending to all areas of the globe, and drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives.
By offering an up-to-date, comprehensive thematic, spatial and chronological coverage of the history of retailing, this Companion goes beyond traditional narratives that are too simplistic and Euro-centric and offers a vibrant survey of this field.
It is divided into four broad sections: 1) Contexts, 2) Spaces and places, 3) People, processes and practices and 4) Geographical variations. Chapters are written in an analytical and synthetic manner, accessible to the general reader as well as challenging for specialists, and with an international perspective.
This volume is an important resource to a wide range of readers, including marketing and management specialists, historians, geographers, economists, sociologists and urban planners.
Edited by:
Jon Stobart,
Vicki Howard
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 1.111kg
ISBN: 9781138675087
ISBN 10: 1138675083
Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Marketing
Pages: 534
Publication Date: 29 November 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction: Global Perspectives on Retailing Part I: Contexts, Trends and Relationships 2. Retailing in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, Christopher Dyer 3. From Consumer Revolution to Mass Market, Bruno Blondé & Ilja Van Damme 4. Retail Development and Urban form in the United States during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Richard Longstreth 5. The Future of Retailing: From Physical to Digital, Fiona Ellis-Chadwick 6. Bargain Hunt? Selling Second-Hand, c.1600 to the Present, Sara Pennell Part II: Spaces and Places 7. Markets and Market Halls, Manel Guàrdia, José Luis Oyón & Sergi Garriga 8. High Street / Main Street, Ian Mitchell 9. The History of the Department Store, Sarah Elvins 10. The Supermarket as a Global Historical Development: Structures, Capital, and Values, Patrick Hyder Patterson 11. Village Shops and Country Stores, Douglas McCalla 12. Arcades, Shopping Centres and Shopping Malls, Vicki Howard and Jon Stobart 13. Big-Box Stores, Stephen Halebsky Part III: People, Processes and Practices 14. Penny Retailers and Merchant Princes, Susan Spellman 15. Retail Workers and their Unions, 1850-2016, Daniel Opler 16. Retail Management, Martin Purvis 17. Multiple Retailers, David Delbert Kruger 18. Co-operative Retailing, Mary Hilson, Silke Neunsinger & Greg Patmore 19. By Mail and Rail: A History of Mail Order Commerce, Howard Stanger 20. At the Margins? Itinerants and Pedlars, Laurence Fontaine Part IV: Geographical Variations 21. Retail History: United States and Canada, Bettina Liverant 22. Western Europe (including Scandinavia), Ilja Van Damme 23. Retailing in Russia and Eastern Europe, Marjorie L. Hilton 24 Retailing in Australia and New Zealand: Historical Perspectives through the Distinctive Lens of Innovation, Dale Miller 25. History of Retailing in Latin America: From the Corner Store to the Supermarket, Martín Monsalve Zanatti 26. Caravanserai to Carrefour: The Retail History of the Middle East, 600-present, Omar Foda 27. Modern Retailing History in Japan: From the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the Beginning of the 21st Century, Masami Harada 28. Western Models and Eastern Influences: Japanese Department Stores in the Early Twentieth Century, Rika Fujioka 29. Retailing in India – Strategic Overview, Nitin Sanghavi
Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University. His research ranges across a wide variety of topics relating to retailing and consumption in England during the long eighteenth century. Vicki Howard is a Lecturer at the University of Essex and author of From Main Street to Mall: The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store, which won the Hagley Prize in Business History. They are co-editors of the Taylor & Francis journal, History of Retailing and Consumption.
Reviews for The Routledge Companion to the History of Retailing
'This compendium provides an unrivalled insight into the development of retailing through the ages. I particularly enjoyed reading the impact of entrepreneurship, innovation and regulation on retailing in countries as diverse as New Zealand and the Netherlands. A must-read for executives, academics and decision-makers who want to understand and improve the wheels of fortune in retailing.' Anne Staal, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
