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Author Hower, Ralph M. (Ralph Merle), 1903-1973.

Title History of Macy's of New York, 1858-1919 : chapters in the evolution of the department store / by Ralph M. Hower...
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1943
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [1943]
©1943

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Description xxvii, 500 pages
Series Harvard studies in business history ; 7
Harvard studies in business history ; 7
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- CHARTS -- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- CHAPTER I. NANTUCKET TO POINTS WEST -- CHAPTER II. A COCK CROWS IN HAVERHILL -- CHAPTER III. SUCCESS IN FEATHERS AND LACE -- CHAPTER IV. AN INTERLUDE ON T H E EVOLUTION OF RETAILING -- CHAPTER V. HITCH YOUR SHOPPING TO A STAR -- CHAPTER VI. THE EMERGENCE OF DEPARTMENT STORES -- CHAPTER VII. FROM PROGRESS TO DOLDRUMS -- CHAPTER VIII. SWEAT FOR DUTY ...FOR PROMOTION -- CHAPTER IX. BLOOD TRANSFUSION -- CHAPTER Χ. MATURITY OF THE FIRM AND THE INDUSTRY -- CHAPTER XI. HEYDAY OF 14TH STREET -- CHAPTER XII. A PLATEAU IN MACY DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER XIII. PROBLEMS OF PRICE AND WAR -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A. SOME NOTES ON THE RISE OF DEPARTMENT STORES IN PARIS -- APPENDIX Β. EARLY MACY ACCOUNTING -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- INDEX
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography "Notes and references": pages [423]-480
Notes In English
Subject Macy's (Firm)
R.H. Macy and Company (New York, N.Y.)
Department stores -- United States.
Management.
LC no. a 43001889
ISBN 9780674863736
Other Titles Macy's of New York