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The Credit Crunch and the High Street: ‘Coming like a Ghost Town’

Author(s) -

Yuill Chris

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

sociological research online

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.593

H-Index - 49

ISSN - 1360-7804

DOI - 10.5153/sro.1926

Subject(s) - crunch , credit crunch , social exclusion , carry (investment) , identity (music) , small town , sociology , high street , media studies , history , economic history , economy , business , political science , law , finance , aesthetics , economics , archaeology , art , socioeconomics , medicine , physical therapy

Drawing on primary visual data and secondary sources this rapid response piece speculates on the changes to the British high street as a consequence of the credit crunch. The changes are much more profound than simply the loss of a place to shop. For both individuals and wider society the changes to the British high street carry implications for issues of self-identity, social contacts and social exclusion.

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