| Description |
1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables and graph; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Setting up shop: Introduction; No shop is an island; Brussels; Sources and methodology; The promenade ahead; 1 Bursting blossoms: Brussels shops and shopping, 1830s; Late bloom; Portrait of a town; Sequences and dots; The shop and its keeper; Around the corner; 2 Shopping in style: The Galeries Saint-Hubert and the Chaussée; Brussels when it sizzles; A site of modernity; Shopping in 'space'; Close encounters; Conclusion: a site of modernity? |
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3 Cleaning house: Markets and hallsChronicle of a demise foretold?; Under pressure; The best laid plans; Exploring shadows; Conclusion: divide and conquer; 4 Bigger and brighter: Downtown and the department store; Noah's ark; Department stores in Brussels; Location, location, location; A frenzy for more; Conclusion: shopping on speed; 5 Shopping galore: Brussels shops and shopping, 1910s; Full bloom; Portrait of a city: Belle Epoque Brussels; Density and diversity; Conclusion: shopping galore; Closing time: Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351216371 |
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1351216376 |
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9781351216364 |
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1351216368 |
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