Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class by Jan Whitaker

Service and Style: How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class

Jan Whitaker

352 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative lighthearted slow-paced
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Downtown department stores were once the heart and soul of America's pulsing Broadways and Main Streets. With names such as City of Paris, Penn Traffic, The Maze, Maison Blanche, or The Popular, they suggested spheres far beyond mundane shopping. ...

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