商品簡介
After writing social histories of baldness, tipping, movies at home, and other matters, British Columbia-based freelancer Segrave explores shoplifting from American retail stores over the past 140 years or so, since both the incidence and cultural awareness blossomed after the Civil War. Types of people who do it, retailers' responses, selective prosecution, high-tech anti- theft devices, and suing to recover costs are among his concerns. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Cultural historian Kerry Segrave is the author of dozens of books on such diverse topics as drive-in theaters, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking, shoplifting and ticket-scalping. He lives in British Columbia.
