Frontmatter -- Foreword -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE. INTRODUCTION -- Introduction / Bloom, Gobdon F. -- Part Two. THE NEGRO IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE INDUSTRY -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- CHAPTER I. Introduction / Perry, Charles R. / Klemp, Elsa / Keeney, Marie R. -- CHAPTER II. The...

The history of retailing has become an area of growing scholarly interest over the last few decades, with publications mainly concerning the national historiography of retail and wholesaling. On the other hand, although the retail sector is considered to be one of the most historically...