Temples of Luxury

Volume II: Department Stores

Lise Sanders, Susanne Schmid (Free University Berlin, Germany)

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English

Routledge
30 November 2023

Reference works; European history; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; History of religion; Distributive industries

This two-volume collection of British primary sources examines institutions such as hotels, inns, arcades, bazaars, co-operatives, shops and department stores in the long nineteenth century, which were often coded as ‘luxurious’. This period was marked not only by an increase of individual consumerism but also by the institutionalisation of opulent, often purpose-built spaces such as the much-admired new grand hotels, supposedly an American invention, and department stores, modelled on the French grands magasins. These environments were tied to leisure (no longer a prerogative of the upper classes) and thus to modernity. In addition to addressing the luxurious side of these institutions, including architectural innovation and interior decoration, we also consider the other side of luxury, examining the experience of staff and period debates over the morality of consumption.

This edition seeks to explore a fascinating but hitherto often neglected side of the British nineteenth century by bringing together a collection of annotated primary texts and visual material documenting these ‘temples of luxury’ as they were seen by their contemporaries.

Edited by: Lise Sanders, Susanne Schmid (Free University Berlin, Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 1.070kg
ISBN: 9780367425883
ISBN 10: 0367425882
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lise Sanders is Professor of English literature and cultural studies at Hampshire College, MA, USA Dr Susanne Schmid has taught at the universities FU Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Princeton, Paderborn, Salford and Regensburg