Shoppers in England from medieval times to the 21st century have experienced the multifarious delights of open market places, high-street shops, department stores and covered markets. Beguiled by attractive merchandise, these shoppers have rarely heeded their surroundings. This book shifts the focus of attention to the architecture of retail buildings in England. It examines the history and character of different retail settings since the Middle Ages, including shops, arcades, market halls, co-operative stores, department stores, multiples, supermarkets, precincts and malls. The book traces how various types of retail buildings developed in response to fashion, social and economic conditions, technological advances and innovations in retailing methods. It reveals how the act of shopping helped to shape urban centres and how shops of the near and distant past have left their mark on today's high streets. Encompassing topics as diverse as the impact of now-familiar chains like Boots and Marks & Spencer, the revolutionary effect of lifts and escalators on store planning and the changes to the way we shop brought about by mass car ownership, "English Shops and Shopping" provides a record of English shop buildings throughout the centuries.
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'...the outcome of research carried out with English Heritage, provides the best survey yet of this building type in England...' -- Alan Powers, Architects Journal, June 24 2004
‘She excels not just in retelling history but also as a chronicler of the modern shopping mall’ -- Tim Teeman, Times, 6 December 2003
‘a magnificent architectural history of the nation’s shops...packed with information and fabulous photographs’ -- Katie Campbell, Evening Standard, 10 December 2003
‘a solid and fascinating study of shops’ -- RIBA Journal, December 2003
‘literally eye-opening. Kathryn Morrison looks at the subject comprehensively, taking each development as it comes’ -- Clive Aslet, Country Life, 11 December 2003
‘She excels not just in retelling history but also as a chronicler of the modern shopping mall’ -- Tim Teeman, Times, 6 December 2003
‘a magnificent architectural history of the nation’s shops...packed with information and fabulous photographs’ -- Katie Campbell, Evening Standard, 10 December 2003
‘a solid and fascinating study of shops’ -- RIBA Journal, December 2003
‘literally eye-opening. Kathryn Morrison looks at the subject comprehensively, taking each development as it comes’ -- Clive Aslet, Country Life, 11 December 2003
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Kathryn A. Morrison is Senior Investigator, English Heritage, Cambridge.
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By lee kaay
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Looking back at our shopping ways you rediscover the old favourites...Woolco, Timothy Whites etc. One let down - more info on the lost great London department stores would have been great - BUT this is an excellent coffee table book.
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