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Retail and Community: Business: Charity and the End of Empire
This interdisciplinary volume examines the evolution of English commercial, co-operative, and charity retailing from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries, emphasizing how shopping spaces are deeply intertwined with their social and political environments. Through diverse contributions from historians and sociologists, the book explores critical shifts driven by class structures, voluntary sector professionalization, and the geopolitical transition surrounding migration and the end of the British Empire. Ultimately, it challenges the narrative of depersonalized modern shopping by demonstrating the enduring centrality of community networks and ethical relationships in the history of retail
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