Mr Drage, Mr Everyman, and the creation of a mass market for domestic furniture in interwar Britain

Economic History Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 802-827

  Scott, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; COMMODITY MARKET; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIFESTYLE; NATIONAL TRADE; RETAILING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350561769     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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