Sales & celebrations retailing and regional identity in Western New York State, 1920-1940 / [electronic resource] :
Sales and celebrations
Sarah Elvins.
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004.
- xxi, 222 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.
A region develops -- Downtown retailers and "Main street towns" -- Selling in hub and hinterland -- The "chain store question" and the independent retailer -- The depression and local spending -- Hard times and good times at home.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Retail trade--History--New York (State)--20th century.