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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 10 > ‘The Steal’ chronicles societal impact and history of shoplifting

‘The Steal’ chronicles societal impact and history of shoplifting

By Craig Seligman / The Bulletin
July 10, 2011

“The Steal” by Rachel Shteir (Penguin Press, 272 pgs., $25.95)

An epidemic of shoplifting is costing American retailers more than $11 billion annually, Rachel Shteir reports in “The Steal.”

Shteir has subtitled her book “A Cultural History of Shoplifting.” But history — from the 18th-century....

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