Treasures Afoot Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era / Kimberly S. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Kimberly S., 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion--United States--History--18th century.

Fashion.

Clothing and dress--United States--History--18th century.

Clothing and dress.

Shoemakers--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Shoemakers.

Shoes--United States--History--18th century.

Shoes.

United States--Social life and customs--To 1775.

United States.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Interweaving biography and material culture with full-color photographs, this fascinating book raises a number of fresh questions about everyday life in early America: What did eighteenth-century British Americans value? How did they present themselves? And how did these fashionable shoes reveal their hopes and dreams? Examining shoes that have been preserved in local, regional, and national collections, Treasures Afoot demonstrates how footwear captures an important moment in American history while revealing a burgeoning American identity.

Contents:

The cordwainers

Wedding shoes

The value of a London label

Coveting Calamancos : from London to Lynn

The cordwainer's lament : Benjamin Franklin and John Hose testify on the effects of the Stamp act

"For my use, four pair of neat shoes" : General George Washington & Mr Didsbury, Boot & Shoemaker of London

Boston's cordwainers greet President Washington, 1789.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-2585-8

OCLC:

1048895575