Product Development of Branded, Packaged Household Goods in Britain, 1870–1914: Colman's, Reckitt's, and Lever Brothers

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 503-542

  Church, Roy ^a   Clark, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INDUSTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOUSEKEEPING; INDUSTRY; MARKETING; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0013303195     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/2.3.503     Document Type: Article

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