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When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store by Abelson, Elaine S - 1989

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When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store

by Abelson, Elaine S

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New York: Oxford University Press. 1989. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. ix (iii), 292 pp, acknowledgments, introduction, 1. Urban Women and the Emergence of Shopping; 2. The World of the Store; 3. The Two-Way Mirror; 4. Invisible Authority; 5. Dilemmas of Detection; 6. Shoplifting Ladies; 7. "Disposition Shady, but a Perfect Lady"; epilogue, a note on sources, notes, index. First Edition, 1989. "Recognizing the ways in which scientific views reflect and help shape social definitins, the author argues, is central to understanding how and why the 'disease' labeled kleptomania became the most common explanation for middle-class shiplifting as inherently unstable and consequently biologically inferior. Shopping was a mania, and women routinely succumbed to temptation. And, all women were affected by this new representation because all shipping womrn were seen as potential shoplifters." frorm the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with black lettering to spine.
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  • ISBN 10 0195051254
  • ISBN 13 9780195051254
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1989
  • Keywords SOCIOLOGY UNITED STATES HISTORY SHOPLIFTING FEMALE OFFENDERS MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN 19TH CENTURY
  • Size 8vo.

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