Cheap Street: London's Street Markets and the Cultures of Informality, C.1850-1939

by Victoria Kelley

Book Overview

From around 1850, London's street markets grew in number and scale, giving working-class Londoners a site for shopping, entertainment and sociability. Cheap Street is the first major study of this subject, analysing the street markets as a component of London's lively informal economy, and providing new insights into urban and consumer geographies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526163853
• ISBN13: 9781526163851
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"