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Spanning more than 160 years of retail history, this resource uses company archives, trade journals and union records to explore a variety of fundamental social and business study themes, and the changing retail landscape. Highlights emerging shopping habits and the transformation of consumer needs, social expectations, and technological advancements in rapidly industrialising societies around the world, particularly the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Europe. 

Discover material from the British Isles and Europe for the period 1450-1700 sourced from over 200 libraries worldwide. This collection covers literature, art, architecture, philosophy, religion, politics, history and linguistics.

Early English Books Online (EEBO) features page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere from 1470-1700. Over 200 libraries worldwide have contributed to EEBO. From the first book printed in English through to the ages of Spenser, Shakespeare and of the English Civil War, EEBO's content draws on authoritative and respected short-title catalogues of the period and features a substantial number of text transcriptions specially created for the product.

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