Russia's retail landscape, 1860s-1890s -- Palaces of retailing and consumption -- For God, tsar, and consumerism -- Visions of modernity: gender and the retail marketplace, 1905-1914 -- Consuming the city: the culture of the retail marketplace -- War and revolution in the marketplace, 1914-1921...

"Despite the abundance and quality of recent historical writing on consumerism, it cannot be said that the modern Co-operative movement (Co-op) has been well served. It has also been by-passed in studies that locate Britons' identity in their consumption. The reasons for this can be found in the...