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A coat of many colors : dress culture in the young state of Israel / Anat Helman.
Van Pelt Library GT1430.I8 H45 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helman, Anat.
- Series:
- Israel (Boston, Mass.)
- Israel: society, culture, and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--Israel--History--20th century.
- Clothing and dress.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Israel--Politics and government--20th century.
- Israel.
- Politics and government.
- Israel--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- This study is part of the author's wider research about everyday culture in 1950s Israel. Here she investigates how people dressed in the country's first years as a sovereign state--and how styles and attitudes toward apparel reflected and interrelated with ideologies, politics, the economy, aspirations, and beliefs. Helman is affiliated with Hebrew University as a lecturer in the department of Jewish history and contemporary Jewry. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1934843881
- 9781934843888
- OCLC:
- 468965299
- Publisher Number:
- 99943810576
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