{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-shopkeeping-in-milan-1886-1922-hardback-9780521391191","title":"The Political Economy of Shopkeeping in Milan, 1886–1922 (Hardback) 9780521391191","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Political Economy of Shopkeeping in Milan, 1886–1922\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book analyses the business, geography and politics of shopkeeping in Milan between 1886 and 1922.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Morris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521391191, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 March 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages, 44 b\/w illus.  21 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.3 x 14.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.492 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… provides a wealth of information not just on shopkeeping , but on local government, socialism and the Italian cooperative movement. Morris's book - exhaustively researched and excellently produced - shows us for the first time, the difficult, tortured and contradictory road towards some sort of shopkeeper unity and self-identity.' John Foot, Association for the Study of Modern Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the mid–1880s a shopkeeper movement developed in Milan, centred around a shopkeeper newspaper, a federation of shopkeeper trade associations, and a shopkeeper bank. In 1904 shopkeeper representatives initiated a sequence of events that led to the fall of the first radical-socialist administration within the city. The author explains these events with reference to the business of shopkeeping itself. He analyses the trades, techniques, tax structure and topography of the Milanese retail sector, and traces the history of the contest between shops and cooperatives and the shopkeeper's changing relationship with his employees and with his clientele. The final chapter confronts the crucial question of why the Milanese shopkeepers were to be found on the political right in the years leading up to the Fascist takeover. This is the first book to deal with any aspect of the Italian petite bourgeoisie.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Shopkeeping as a historical problem\u003cbr\u003e 1. The business of shopkeeping in Milan 1859–1915\u003cbr\u003e 2. The context of shopkeeping: trades and techniques\u003cbr\u003e 3. The economic geography of shopkeeping: the role of the dazio consumo\u003cbr\u003e 4. The esercenti enter the political arena\u003cbr\u003e 5. Constructing the esercenti movement 1886–1890\u003cbr\u003e 6. The esercenti and the Depression 1890–1897\u003cbr\u003e 7. Shopkeepers, cooperatives and the politics of privilege\u003cbr\u003e 8. Milan and the national small business movement 1886–1898\u003cbr\u003e 9. The allargamento debate 1895–1897\u003cbr\u003e 10. The end of century crisis and the enlargement of the dazio belt\u003cbr\u003e 11. Shopkeeping in the new century\u003cbr\u003e 12. Labour relations and class politics\u003cbr\u003e 13. The esercenti and the centre-left administration 1900–1905\u003cbr\u003e 14. Shopkeepers and socialists\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Identity and autonomy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006044557592,"sku":"9780521391191","price":85.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521391191i_419de928-3823-4db7-a3ee-29e8493f1648.jpg?v=1691376259","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-political-economy-of-shopkeeping-in-milan-1886-1922-hardback-9780521391191","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}