Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-13T12:07:02Z
dc.date.available2018-02-13T12:07:02Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-27
dc.identifier.citationMitchell, I. (2017) 'Retail markets in northern and midland England, 1870-1914: civic icon, municipal white elephant, or consumer paradise?'. The Economic History Review, 71 (4), pp. 1270–1290. doi: 10.1108/IJOA-04-2014-0753
dc.identifier.issn0013-0117
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ehr.12653
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/621102
dc.descriptionThis is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Wiley in The Economic History Review on 27/12/2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12653 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.en
dc.description.abstractRetail markets were a notable feature of urban England in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, particularly in the midlands and north. Market halls were the most visible manifestation of this, and were important public buildings. This article looks beyond the imposing architecture to take a more critical view of their function and justification. It argues that while most were well-managed and earned income in excess of current expenditure, very substantial investment in large and elaborate buildings was hard to justify in purely financial terms. The return on capital was often negligible. Food and drink traders were the largest group in almost all markets, but there were significant numbers of traders selling clothing, textiles, and household goods. There was some justification to complaints that local authorities were providing publicly financed miscellaneous shops in competition with rent- and rate-paying shopkeepers. Most retailers supplying basic necessities operated from shops rather than markets. Saturday night markets were important in working-class culture and as a source of cheap food, but most day-to-day necessities were purchased from local shops or street traders.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.urlhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/ehr.12653
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectretailing
dc.subjectnorthern
dc.subjectmidland
dc.subjectEngland
dc.subjectworking class
dc.titleRetail markets in northern and midland England, 1870-1914: civic icon, municipal white elephant, or consumer paradise?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalThe Economic History Review
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Wolverhampton
dc.date.accepted2017-08-10
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhampton
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUoW130217IM
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-12-27
dc.source.volume71
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.beginpage1270
dc.source.endpage1290
refterms.dateFCD2018-10-18T15:47:00Z
refterms.versionFCDAM
html.description.abstractRetail markets were a notable feature of urban England in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, particularly in the midlands and north. Market halls were the most visible manifestation of this, and were important public buildings. This article looks beyond the imposing architecture to take a more critical view of their function and justification. It argues that while most were well-managed and earned income in excess of current expenditure, very substantial investment in large and elaborate buildings was hard to justify in purely financial terms. The return on capital was often negligible. Food and drink traders were the largest group in almost all markets, but there were significant numbers of traders selling clothing, textiles, and household goods. There was some justification to complaints that local authorities were providing publicly financed miscellaneous shops in competition with rent- and rate-paying shopkeepers. Most retailers supplying basic necessities operated from shops rather than markets. Saturday night markets were important in working-class culture and as a source of cheap food, but most day-to-day necessities were purchased from local shops or street traders.


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
Ec H R Markets Article Final.pdf
Size:
424.7Kb
Format:
PDF
Thumbnail
Name:
Ec H R Markets Article Footnote ...
Size:
112.5Kb
Format:
PDF

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

https://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as https://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0