From around 1850, London's street markets grew in number and scale, giving working-class Londoners a site for shopping, entertainment and sociability. Cheap Street is the first major study of this subject, analysing the street markets as a component of London's lively informal economy, and providing new insights into urban and consumer geographies.

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of plates
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• What is a street market?
• Things
• Streets
• People
• Street markets, informality and the performance of London
• Conclusion
• Select bibliography
• Index