Back to the Shops: The High Street in History and the Future

by BOWLBY and Rachel Bowlby

Book Overview

What will become of the shops? More than ever, the high street appears to be under mortal threat, its shops boarded up as the sad 'bricks and mortar' survivals of a pre-online retail world. But behind the bleak appearance, there is more to see.

Back to the Shops offers a set of short and surprising chapters, each one a window into a different shop type or mode of selling. Old shopping streets are seen from new angles; fast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198815913
• ISBN13: 9780198815914
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"