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Shoes : an illustrated history / Rebecca Shawcross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shawcross, Rebecca, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Footwear--History.
- Footwear.
- Shoes--History.
- Shoes.
- Shoes--Pictorial works.
- Shoes--Design--History.
- Fashion--History.
- Fashion.
- Costume--History.
- Costume.
- Shoes--Design.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Revised and expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2023.
- Summary:
- "With 20% new content, and a new 24-page closing chapter, this beautifully illustrated revision maintains and consolidates the book's position as the leading reference work and overview of the history of shoes from the ancient to the contemporary"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The First Shoes
- 2. From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
- 3. European Renaissance
- 4. Towards the Age of Reason
- 5. Return to Simplicity
- 6. Mechanization of the Industry
- 7. The Turn of the Twentieth Century
- 8. Austerity Years
- 9. A New Era
- 10. 1980s to 2010
- 11. New Century to the Present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781350266476
- 1350266477
- OCLC:
- 1317839037
- Publisher Number:
- 99992495951
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