Behind the Counter by Pamela Horn

Behind the Counter by Pamela Horn

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Behind the Counter by Pamela Horn

As Britain's population grew and the country became urbanised and industrialised in eighteenth and early nineteenth century, so shops, shopkeepers, and shopworkers also increased in number. This book tells the story of the people who worked in the retail trade from the beginning of the eighteenth to the middle of the twentieth century.
Pamela Horn is a leading social historian of English domestic life. A writer, lecturer and examiner, her books include The Victorian Town Child, The Victorian Country Child, The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant, Ladies of the Manor, Women in the 1920s, Pleasures and Pastimes in Victorian Britain, Life Below Stairs in the 20th Century and Flunkeys and Scullions.
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ISBN 13 9780750939300
ISBN 10 0750939303
Title Behind the Counter
Author Pamela Horn
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Year published 2006-08-16
Number of pages 320
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