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Survey of historic costume : a history of Western dress

Title
Survey of historic costume : a history of Western dress / Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith Eubank.
Author
Tortora, Phyllis G.
Publication
New York, NY : Fairchild Books, c2010.

Details

Additional Authors
Eubank, Keith.
Description
xxiv, 680 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 29 cm.
Alternative Title
Historic costume : a history of Western dress
Subject
Clothing and dress > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 652-658) and index.
Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Some notes on using this book -- Chapter 1, Introduction -- Pt. 1: The Ancient World c.3000 B.C.-A.D. 300 -- Chapter 2, The ancient Middle East c. 3500-600 B.C. -- Chapter 3, Crete and Greece c. 2900-300 B.C. -- Chapter 4, Etruria and Rome c. 800 B.C.-A.D. 400 -- Pt. 2: The Middle Ages c. 300-1500 -- Chapter 5, The early Middle Ages c. 300-1300 -- Chapter 6, The late Middle Ages c. 1300-1500 -- Pt. 3: The Renaissance c. 1400-1600 -- Chapter 7, The Italian Renaissance c. 1400-1600 -- Chapter 8, The Northern Renaissance c. 1500-1600 -- Pt. 4: Baroque and Rococo c. 1600-1800 -- Chapter 9, The seventeenth century 1600-1700 -- Chapter 10, The eighteenth century 1700-1790 -- Pt. 5: The Nineteenth Century 1800-1900 -- Chapter 11, The Directoire Period and the Empire Period 1790-1820 -- Chapter 12, The Romantic Period 1820-1850 -- Chapter 13, The Crinoline Period 1850-1869 -- Chapter 14, The Bustle Period and the Nineties 1870-1900 -- Pt. 6: From The Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century 1900-2008 -- Chapter 15, The Edwardian Period and World War I 1900-1920 -- Chapter 16, The Twenties, Thirties, and World War II 1920-1947 -- Chapter 17, The new look: fashion conformity prevails 1947-1960 -- Chapter 18, The Sixties and Seventies: style tribes emerge 1960-1980 -- Chapter 19, The Eighties and Nineties, and the Twenty-first Century 1980-2008 -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.
LCCN
2008936655
OCLC
425839941
Author
Tortora, Phyllis G.
Title
Survey of historic costume : a history of Western dress / Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith Eubank.
Imprint
New York, NY : Fairchild Books, c2010.
Edition
5th ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 652-658) and index.
Added Author
Eubank, Keith.
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