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The view from the street: the landscape of polite shopping in Georgian York

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2016

MATTHEW JENKINS
MATTHEW JENKINS*
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Department of Archaeology, King's Manor, York, Y01 7EP, UK
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Abstract:

Shopping during the eighteenth century is increasingly viewed by scholars as an important leisure activity, and an integral part of wider schemes of urban improvement. However, the physical evidence in the form of standing buildings is rarely considered. This article will demonstrate how a detailed examination and reconstruction of the urban landscape of York can illuminate how these practices were performed. The use of building biographies also allows owners to be identified and linked with specific shop types and surviving fabric. This enables exploration of how the physical environment influenced perceptions of the streetscape and the experience of interior retail space.

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Urban History , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 26 - 48
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