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A perfect fit : clothes, character, and the promise of America / Jenna Weissman Joselit.
LIBRA TT504.4 .J67 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joselit, Jenna Weissman.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fashion--Social aspects--United States--19th century.
- Fashion.
- Fashion--Social aspects--United States--20th century.
- Clothing and dress--United States.
- Clothing and dress.
- Fashion--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Metropolitan Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- Between 1890 and the outbreak of World War II, ready-to-wear came into its own. Drawing on advertisements, trade journals, health manuals, sermons, science, and songs--historian Joselit shows how clothes express the spirit of democracy and the promise of America. 70 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A la Mode 7
- Chapter 2 Down with the Corset and Up with the Hemline! 43
- Chapter 3 The Mark of a Gentleman 75
- Chapter 4 Where Did You Get That Hat? 101
- Chapter 5 Oh, My Aching Feet! 129
- Chapter 6 The Truth about Fur 149
- Chapter 7 Say It with Jewelry 171
- Conclusion: Emphatically Modern 189.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-[238]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 080505488X
- OCLC:
- 45707697
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