一、纽约市大型百货商店的发展历史　　现代意义上的大型百货商店的前身在英语上称“Department Store”(百货商店 )。她的最早出现是在法国 ,而她的蓬勃发展却是在美国。19世纪中叶 ,美国正以一个农业国向工业国转变 ,代表现代工业文明的百货商店也在纽约出现了。被称为“百货 First, the history of the development of large department stores in New York City The large department store in the modern sense of the predecessor in English as “Department Store” (department store). Her earliest appearance was in France, where her thriving business was in the United States. By the middle of the 19th century, the United States was transforming from an agricultural country to an industrialized one. The department store that represented the modern industrial civilization also appeared in New York City. Known as "department store