The Bon Marché:
Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920
Michael B. Miller

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
I	New Stores	19
II	The "Grand Magasin"	48
	Merchandise and the Mass Market	48
	Finance and Purchasing	53
	Organization	58
III	The Boucicauts	75
	Building Organization Men: The Base	77
	Building Organization Men: Management	112
	Ritualization	121
	Entrepreneurial Roles and Business Change	127
IV	The Directors	130
	Faithful Continuators	130
	Members of a Single Family	143
V	Selling Consumption	165
	An Eighth Wonder	166
	A Way of Life	178
VI	Selling the Store	190
	Ambivalence and Hostility	190
	A Model Community	215
	Conclusion	231
	Appendix	241
	Bibliography	245
	Index	259

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