This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources including newspapers, trade directories, court records, visual sources and surviving garments, Toplis investigates how the apparel of the mass of the British population was acquired.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Clothing Shops and Working-Class Consumers; Chapter 2 The Shopkeeper and the Workingclass Consumer; Chapter 3 Selling by Non-Fixed Traders; Chapter 4 Clothing the Poor: Parish Relief; Chapter 5 Clothing The Poor: Charity; Chapter 6 Fashion and the Working-Class Consumer; conclusion Conclusion;
