'City centre retailing in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Stoke on Trent. Structures and processes' in J Benson & L Ugolini (eds), Nation of Shopkeepers. Five centuries of British retailing

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Explores the role of multiple retailers and department stores in structuring city / town centres, using the case study of Stoke on Trent and its components [Stoke was formed in 1910 through uniting Stoke with Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Fenton and Longton] in period 1872-1932. Has sections: 'Hanley as the city centre - department stores and multiples'; 'Intra-urban competition'; 'The geography of city centre retailing'; 'The role of department stores and multiples'; 'Other influences on the geography of the city centre'