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Levi Strauss The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World / Lynn Downey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downey, Lynn, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902.
- Levi Strauss and Company--History.
- Levi Strauss and Company.
- Clothing trade--United States--History.
- Clothing trade.
- Jeans (Clothing)--United States--History.
- Jeans (Clothing).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Winner of the 2016 Foreword Indies' Silver Award in Biography Blue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American.They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mechanics to high-fashion models wears jeans.
- Contents:
- Enlightened nationalities
- The fate that has been assigned to me
- Store-princes
- A limitless opening for industry and talent
- Hard labor and wild delights
- Steamer day
- Treasonable combinations
- Our solid merchants
- "The secratt of them pants is the rivits"
- Patent riveted clothing
- Towers of strength
- Home industry
- Very strong opinions
- The best interests of the people of this state
- For over twenty years
- All will be sunshine for San Francisco and California
- A city man
- Imperishable.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-463-4
- OCLC:
- 963607501
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