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The Bon Marché : bourgeois culture and the department store, 1869-1920

Title
The Bon Marché : bourgeois culture and the department store, 1869-1920 / Michael B. Miller.
Author
Miller, Michael B. (Michael Barry), 1945-
Publication
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1981.

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Description
xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [245]-257.
Contents
I. Revolution in retailing. 1. New stores. 2. The grand magasin -- Merchandise from the mass market -- Finance and purchasing -- Organization. II. Internal relations. 3. The Boucicauts. Building organization men: the base -- Building organization men: management -- Ritualization -- Entrepreneurial roles and business change. 4. The directors. Faithful continuators -- Members of a single family. III. Public relations. 5. Selling consumption. An eighth wonder -- A way of life. 6. Selling the store. Ambivalence and hostility -- A model community.
ISBN
  • 0691053219
  • 9780691053219
  • 069103494X
  • 9780691034942
LCCN
80036797
OCLC
  • ocm06487707
  • 6487707
  • SCSB-19284
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library