The American department store transformed, 1920-1960

The book includes translations of 125 documents from the various investigations of the Kirov murder, allowing readers to reach their own conclusions about Stalin's involvement in the assassination. "No one knows more about the retail landscape of America than Richard Longstreth, and this is his most important contribution to date. Longstreth deftly combines architectural history, business history, and urban history to create a compelling story and a work of reference that will be the basis for scholarly exploration for many years to come." Robert Bruegmann, author of Sprawl: A Compact History. "Through a wonderful blend of design, business, and urban history, Richard Longstreth superbly demonstrates that the retail landscape in twentieth-century America has been a constantly shifting one. Anyone who has ever been dazzled by a department store will likewise be enticed by this book." Lizabeth Cohen, author of A. Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America "Superb! ... I simply cannot contain my respect and enthusiasm for the achievement that this book represents. A great metropolitan institution has found the historian it deserves." Robert Fishman, author