Cheap Street : London's Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C. 1850-1939.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What is a street market? -- Things -- Streets -- People -- Street markets, informality and the performance of London -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
From around 1850, London's street markets grew in number and scale, giving working-class Londoners a site for shopping, entertainment and sociability. Cheap Street is the first major study of this subject, analysing the street markets as a component of London's lively informal economy, and providing new insights into urban and consumer geographies.