Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. INTRODUCTION. "To Walk Alone in London" 1
6. CHAPTER ONE. "The Halls of Temptation": The Universal Provider and the Pleasures of Suburbia 16
7. CHAPTER TWO. The Trials of Consumption: Marriage, Law, and Women's Credit 48
8. CHAPTER THREE. "Resting Places for Women Wayfarers": Feminism and the Comforts of the Public Sphere 74
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Metropolitan Journeys: Shopping, Traveling, and Reading the West End 108
10. CHAPTER FIVE. "A New Era of Shopping": An American Department Store in Edwardian London 142
11. CHAPTER SIX. Acts of Consumption: Musical Comedy and the Desire of Exchange 178
12. EPILOGUE. The Politics of Plate Glass 215
13. NOTES 223
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 281
15. INDEX 315