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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954163403321

Autore

Kelley Victoria

Titolo

Cheap Street : London’s street markets and the cultures of informality, c.1850–1939 / / Victoria Kelley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

9781526131713

1526131714

9781526146786

1526146789

9781526131706

1526131706

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages)

Collana

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Informal sector (Economics) - England - London

Vending stands - England - London - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is a street market? -- Things -- Streets -- People -- Street markets, informality and the performance of London.

Sommario/riassunto

Cheap street is a lively and scholarly account of London's street markets, which were an overlooked site of urban modernity and the most vigorous outgrowth of the informal economy that flourished below and beyond the recognised institutions of the consumer city. Kelley brings together design and material culture history, urban studies and social and cultural history to analyse the street markets' distinct characteristics. These included the flaring naked flames of their naphtha lights, their impermanent yet persistent unofficial occupation of space, and the noisy performative selling that took place there. The result is a new interpretation of London's urban geographies, moving beyond the accepted view of the West End as the consumer city and the



East as the city of poverty, and demonstrating that the informality of the street markets was a powerful force in shaping representations of London and its people.