What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America - Softcover

Baumgarten, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300181078 ISBN 13: 9780300181074

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2012

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"Beautifully produced. . . . Like the best of exhibition catalogs, this book reaches far beyond the objects presented. . . . Well written, well priced, and full of pertinent details about the daily lives of our American ancestors, this book for both scholars and casual readers is recommended for all libraries."-Library Journal "Beautifully produced. . . . Well-written, well-priced,. . . . full of pertinent details. . . . [F]or both scholars and casual readers. . . . [R]ecommended for all libraries."-Library Journal "What Clothes Reveal is, in equal measure, an excellent lay person's introduction to the history of dress, and a vehicle for the author to show the non-clothing historian the potential that clothing has for our understanding of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century America. . . . A great read for non-specialists, a valuable resource for historians not used to looking at objects, and an essential tool for introducing students to the history of clothing in the Americas."-Emma Hart, Textile History Winner of the 2003 Millia Davenport Publication Award given by the Costume Society of America Chosen as an "Outstanding" Title in the 2003 Association of American University Presses (AAUP) University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries

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Paintings of upper-class men and women tell an important part of the history of costumes, but surviving garments themselves reveal even more. Every crease, stitch, and stain in a piece of clothing supplies information about its wearer and its era. This stunning book features eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century garments from the premiere collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Illustrated with more than 300 color photographs, including many details and back views, the book treats not only elegant, high-style clothing in colonial America but also garments for everyday and work, the clothing of slaves, and maternity and nursing apparel. Drawing on contemporary written descriptions and on actual costumes of the period, the book analyzes what Americans in the eighteenth century considered fashionable and attractive and how they used clothing to assert status or to identify occupations. The book also examines the myths and meanings of clothing in British and American society, clothing for the entire lifecycle, and a history of clothing alteration. Informative sidebars on a variety of fascinating topics complete the volume.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0300181078
• ISBN 13: 9780300181074
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280