02937oam 22006374a 450 991079371700332120200114153028.01-5261-3171-41-5261-4678-91-5261-3170-6(CKB)4100000008953473(MiAaPQ)EBC5847729(StDuBDS)EDZ0002153524(OCoLC)1111800470(MdBmJHUP)muse77757(DE-B1597)658807(DE-B1597)9781526131706(EXLCZ)99410000000895347320190829d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCheap StreetLondon’s street markets and the cultures of informality, c.1850–1939 /Victoria KelleyBaltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2019Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2019©20191 online resource (228 pages)Manchester scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2019.0-7190-9922-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.What is a street market? -- Things -- Streets -- People -- Street markets, informality and the performance of London.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.Manchester scholarship online.Informal sector (Economics)EnglandLondonVending standsEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryElectronic books. London.culture.history.informal.modernity.street markets.urban.Informal sector (Economics)Vending standsHistory330Kelley Victoria1538867MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910793717003321Cheap Street3789303UNINA