A shoppers' paradise : how the ladies of Chicago claimed power and pleasure in the new downtown / Emily Remus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Remus, Emily, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women consumers--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Women consumers.

Shopping--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Shopping.

Purchasing power--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Purchasing power.

Retail trade--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Retail trade.

Loop (Chicago, Ill.)--History.

Loop (Chicago, Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--Economic conditions.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Popular culture assumes that women are born to shop and that cities invite their trade. But downtowns were not always welcoming to women. Emily Remus turns to Chicago at the turn of the last century to chronicle an unheralded revolution in women's rights that took place not at the ballot box but in the streets and stores of the business district.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Moneyed Women and the Downtown

2. The Hoopskirt War of 1893

3. Consumer Rights and the Theater Hat Problem

4. Tippling Ladies and Public Pleasure

5. Mashers, Prostitutes, and Shopping Ladies

6. The Traffic of Women

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

Other Edition:

Revision of: 9781321224931 Remus, Emily Ann. 2014

ISBN:

9780674240315

0674240316

9780674240292

0674240294

OCLC:

1089195607