An 'epidemic of shoplifting'? Working-class women, shop theft and Manchester's new retail culture, 1918–1939.

The problem of the working-class female shoplifter emerged prominently within press and police discourse in interwar Manchester following a dramatic shift in the city's retail culture. Providing the first non-metropolitan study of shoplifting in early twentieth-century Britain, this research identif...

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Published in:	Social History Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 278 - 300
Main Author:	Wildman, Charlotte
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2021
Subjects:	Shoplifting Women employees Retail stores Shopping Manchester (England)
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