"From the breathtaking body decorations of Native Americans to the oppressive austerity of their Puritan contemporaries' clothing, from the propriety of Victorian garb to free-and-easy Flapper elegance and the body-beautiful 1980s, this book looks at subjects such as the impact of Levi's riveted denim jeans, the drives for dress reform and the role of clothing in establishing and maintaining distinctions of class, race, age and gender."
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Suzanne Stassevitch
Notes
Gift of Suzanne Stassevitch, August 2022.
Lexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--united states--history
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Lee Hall
Edition
First
Publisher
Little, Brown
Place Published
City
Boston, MA
Date Published
1992
ISBN
0821219006, 9780821219003
LCCN
92003970
Notes
Length: 324
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Part I. c. 1492-1800. 1. In the beginning -- 2. The seventeenth century: mixing cultures -- 3. Birth of a country: the eighteenth century ; Part II. The nineteenth century -- 4. Overview: 1800-1899 -- 5. Manufacturing and the work force: industrialization and clothing -- 6. Communication and the cult of womanhood -- 7. The sewing machine and the paper-pattern empires -- 8. Dress reform -- 9. Masters and slaves: Southern hierarchy and clothing -- 10. Western frontier -- 11. Levi's -- 12. Conspicuous consumption and self-consciousness ; Part III. The twentieth century. 13. Overview: the twentieth century -- 14. Clothing for the ages -- 15. The Roaring Twenties: dress reform redux -- 16. Sports -- 17. Gender and clothing: identity, self, and society -- 18. College styles -- 19. Consumerism and communication -- 20. Diversity and uniformity -- 21. Superstar's: the new aristocracy.
