Streets of Splendor: Shopping Culture and Spaces in a European Capital City (Brussels, 1830-1914)

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of figures
List of maps
List of tables and graph
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Setting up shop: Introduction
	No shop is an island
	Brussels
	Sources and methodology
	The promenade ahead
1 Bursting blossoms: Brussels shops and shopping, 1830s
	Late bloom
	Portrait of a town
	Sequences and dots
	The shop and its keeper
	Around the corner
2 Shopping in style: The Galeries Saint-Hubert and the Chaussée
	Brussels when it sizzles
	A site of modernity
	Shopping in ‘space’
	Close encounters
	Conclusion: a site of modernity?
3 Cleaning house: Markets and halls
	Chronicle of a demise foretold?
	Under pressure
	The best laid plans
	Exploring shadows
	Conclusion: divide and conquer
4 Bigger and brighter: Downtown and the department store
	Noah’s ark
	Department stores in Brussels
	Location, location, location
	A frenzy for more
	Conclusion: shopping on speed
5 Shopping galore: Brussels shops and shopping, 1910s
	Full bloom
	Portrait of a city: Belle Epoque Brussels
	Density and diversity
	Conclusion: shopping galore
Closing time: Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Index