Vicki Howard: 1 book
From Main Street to Mall
The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
The geography of American retail has changed dramatically since the first luxurious department stores sprang up in nineteenth-century cities. Introducing light, color, and music to dry-goods emporia, these "palaces of consumption" transformed mere trade into occasions for pleasure and spectacle....
