The cut of his coat : men, dress, and consumer culture in Britain, 1860-1914 / Brent Shannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shannon, Brent Alan, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Male consumers--Great Britain--History.

Male consumers.

Men's clothing--England--History.

Men's clothing.

Social classes--England--History.

Social classes.

Masculinity--England--History.

Masculinity.

Consumption (Economics)--England--History.

Consumption (Economics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The English middle class in the late nineteenth century enjoyed an increase in the availability and variety of material goods. With that, the visual markers of class membership and manly behavior underwent a radical change. In The Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in Britain, 1860-1914, Brent Shannon examines familiar novels by authors such as George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hughes, and H. G. Wells, as well as previously unexamined etiquette manuals, period advertisements, and fashion monthlies, to trace how new ideologies emerged as mass-produced clothes, sartorial mar

Contents:

Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821442289

0821442287

OCLC:

889675565