TY - BOOK AU - Toplis,Alison TI - The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800-1850 T2 - Perspectives in Economic and Social History Series SN - 9781317323051 AV - HD9940.G82.T67 2011 U1 - 338.4 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Clothing trade--England--History--19th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Clothing Shops and Working-Class Consumers -- 2 The Shopkeeper and the Working-Class Consumer -- 3 Selling by Non-Fixed Traders -- 4 Clothing the Poor: Parish Relief -- 5 Clothing the Poor: Charity -- 6 Fashion and the Working-Class Consumer -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index N2 - This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources including newspapers, trade directories, court records, visual sources and surviving garments, Toplis investigates how the apparel of the mass of the British population was acquired UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2126766 ER -