[PDF.46vk] When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store

When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store

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 | #1458179 in Books |  Elaine S Abelson |  1992-07-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.50 x.97 x8.25l,.85 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

 | When Ladies Go A Thieving Middle Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Absolutely Fascinating|By Customer|A lively, interesting read told in a very approachable style, but will all the footnotes and reference an academic could want.

Abelson does not merely details the events of the time - although the backgrounds of individual women of the time, particularly their diaries, makes for fascinating reading - she goes further to study the s| ||"More than a history of social change and shoplifting. It is a study of consumer culture and technological change, class privilege and gender roles in transition, female criminality and social control...Interesting, well-written, and informative."--Ameri

This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Within the special world of the department store, women found themselves challenged to resist the enticements of consumption. Many succumbed, buying both what they needed and what they desired, but also stealing what seemed so readily available. Pitted against these middle-class women were the management, detectives, and clerks of the department stores. Abelson argues that...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store   |  Elaine S. Abelson. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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