| The Bon Marché: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Miller, Michael B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 069103494X ISBN-13: 9780691034942 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $48.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1994 Annotation: In this comprehensive social history of the Bon Marche, the Parisian department store that was the world's largest before 1914, Michael Miller explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the new emporia so vividly dramatized. Through an original interpretation of paternalism, public images, and family-firm relationships, he shows how this new business enterprise succeeded in reconciling traditional values with the coming of an age of mass consumption and bureaucracy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Retailing - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 381.12 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.48" W x 8.5" (0.79 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In this comprehensive social history of the Bon March , the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, Michael Miller explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the new emporia so vividly dramatized. Through an original interpretation of paternalism, public images, and family-firm relationships, he shows how this new business enterprise succeeded in reconciling traditional values with the coming of an age of mass consumption and bureaucracy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Michael B.: - Michael B. Miller is Associate Professor of History at Syracuse University. |