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When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store
When Ladies Go AThieving MiddleClass Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store
Author: Elaine S. Abelson
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. Pi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195071429
ISBN-10: 0195071425
Publication Date: 6/11/1992
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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