TY - BOOK AU - TI - Retail nation: department stores and the making of modern Canada SN - 9780774819480 (pbk.) : AV - HC120.C6 B45 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Vancouver PB - UBC Press KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Canada KW - History KW - Department stores KW - Retail trade N1 - Introduction: Canadian consumer society -- Rise of mass retail -- Creating modern Canada -- Fathers of mass merchandising -- Crafting the consumer workforce -- Shopping, pleasure, and power -- Working at the heart of consumption -- Criticizing the big stores -- Epilogue: Canadian institutions? ER -