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A Brief History of Underpants.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Van Zandt, Christine.
Contributor:
Briggs, Harry.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Underwear.
Genre:
Toy and movable books
History
Juvenile works
Toy and movable books.
Literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (50 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : becker&mayer! books, 2021.
Summary:
A Brief History of Underpants explores the history of underwear with zany facts and illustrations. The cover features an interactive reveal wheel that turns to show underwear through the ages.
Contents:
Cover
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: Crusty Old Buns
Ice Bridge, Asia and North America: 20,000 - 10,000 BCE
Europe: 3300 BCE
CHAPTER 2: Underpants Around the World
EGYPT: 1324 BCE
JAPAN: 20 - present
MONGOLIA: 1200 - 1350
EUROPE: 1000 to 1500
EUROPE: 476 - 1453
CENTRAL + SOUTH AMERICA: The Maya: 250 - 900, The Inca: 1200 - 1525, The Aztecs: 1345 - 1521
NORTH AMERICA: 1400 - 1850
AUSTRALIA: 1700 - 1900
NEW ZEALAND: 1400 - 1870
MALI: 700 - 1645
INDIA: 1920 - 1948
CHAPTER 3: Cheeky Inventions
Buttons Pakistan 3000 BCE
ButtonHoles: Germany 13th century
Safety pins: Romans 27 BCE - 700 CE
COTTON GIN: U.S.A. 1793
SEWING MACHINE: England 1790
ELASTIC
BLOOMERS: U.S.A. 1851
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINE: U.S.A. 1937
CHAPTER 4: Tushes Today Worldwide
ANTARCTICA: 2018
SPACE: International space station: 2003 - present
EXTRAS
JOKES
FURTHER READING
About the Author
About the Illustrator.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Other Format:
Print version: Van Zandt, Christine A Brief History of Underpants
ISBN:
9780760370612
0760370613
OCLC:
1276796697

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