The dress of the people : everyday fashion in eighteenth-century England / John Styles.
Record details
- ISBN: 0300121199
- ISBN: 9780300121193
- Physical Description: xi, 432 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-424) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: Consuming the eighteenth century -- Travellers' tales : nation and region -- What the people wore -- Clothing biographies -- Keeping up appearances -- Changing clothes -- Fashioning time : watches -- Fashion's favourite? cottons -- Clothing provincial England : fabrics -- Clothing provincial England : garments -- Clothing the metropolis -- The view from above -- The view from below -- Budgeting for clothes -- Clothes and the life-cycle -- Involuntary consumption? prizes, gifts and charity -- Involuntary consumption? the parish poor -- Involuntary consumption? servants -- Popular fashion.
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- Subject:
- Clothing and dress > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > History > 18th century.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | 391.00942 STY (Text) | 36015000682480 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
