From Main Street to Mall : The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store.
Howard, Vicki.
From Main Street to Mall : The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (304 pages) - American Business, Politics, and Society Series . - American Business, Politics, and Society Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Palace of Consumption -- Chapter 2. Creating an Industry -- Chapter 3. Modernizing Main Street -- Chapter 4. A New Deal for Department Stores -- Chapter 5. An Essential Industry in Wartime -- Chapter 6. The Race for the Suburbs -- Chapter 7. The Postwar Discount Revolution -- Chapter 8. The Death of the Department Store -- Epilogue. Remembering Downtown Department Stores -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Richly illustrated with archival photos, this comprehensive study of the American department store industry traces the changing economic and political contexts that brought about the decline of downtown shopping districts and the rise of big-box stores and suburban malls.
9780812291483
Moynihan, Daniel P.-(Daniel Patrick),-1927-2003-Political and social views.
United States.-Department of Labor.-Office of Policy Planning and Research.-Negro family.
African American poor families-Social conditions-20th century.
African American poor families-Government policy-History-20th century.
Civil rights movements-United States-History-20th century.
United States-Social conditions-20th century.
United States-Economic conditions-20th century.
United States-Race relations-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
E185.86 -- .G425 2015eb
381.1410973
From Main Street to Mall : The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (304 pages) - American Business, Politics, and Society Series . - American Business, Politics, and Society Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Palace of Consumption -- Chapter 2. Creating an Industry -- Chapter 3. Modernizing Main Street -- Chapter 4. A New Deal for Department Stores -- Chapter 5. An Essential Industry in Wartime -- Chapter 6. The Race for the Suburbs -- Chapter 7. The Postwar Discount Revolution -- Chapter 8. The Death of the Department Store -- Epilogue. Remembering Downtown Department Stores -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Richly illustrated with archival photos, this comprehensive study of the American department store industry traces the changing economic and political contexts that brought about the decline of downtown shopping districts and the rise of big-box stores and suburban malls.
9780812291483
Moynihan, Daniel P.-(Daniel Patrick),-1927-2003-Political and social views.
United States.-Department of Labor.-Office of Policy Planning and Research.-Negro family.
African American poor families-Social conditions-20th century.
African American poor families-Government policy-History-20th century.
Civil rights movements-United States-History-20th century.
United States-Social conditions-20th century.
United States-Economic conditions-20th century.
United States-Race relations-History-20th century.
Electronic books.
E185.86 -- .G425 2015eb
381.1410973