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The worldwide history of dress

Title
The worldwide history of dress / Patricia Rieff Anawalt.
Author
Anawalt, Patricia Rieff, 1924-2015
Publication
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2007.

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Description
608 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 29 cm
Summary
Chronicles every notable geographical region, historical period, and style of dress and accessories, featuring more than one thousand illustrations of museum-quality artifacts, historical paintings, woodblock prints, and other artworks.
Subject
  • Ethnic costume > History > Pictorial works
  • Clothing and dress > History > Pictorial works
  • Clothing and dress
  • Ethnic costume
  • Kleding
  • Ethnic costume > History > Pictorial works
  • Clothing and dress > History > Pictorial works
  • Folkdräkter > historia > bildverk
Genre/Form
  • Reference works
  • History
  • Pictorial works
  • Reference works.
  • Ouvrages de référence.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [580]-594) and index.
Contents
1. The Middle East -- The Ancient Near East -- The Arabian Peninsula -- The Eastern Mediterranean -- The Iranian Plateau -- 2. Europe -- Prehistoric Europe -- Classical Europe -- The European folk tradition -- 3. Central Asia -- Mongolia -- The Silk Road -- 4. East Asia -- China -- Korea -- Japan -- 5. South Asia -- India -- The Himalayan Kingdoms -- 6. Southeast Asia -- Mainland -- Island -- 7. Oceania -- Australia -- Melanesia -- Micronesia -- Polynesia -- 8. North America -- The Arctic -- The Northwest Coast -- The Woodlands -- The Plains -- The Southwest -- Mesoamerica -- 9. South America -- The Ancient Andes -- The Present Andes -- Amazonia -- Patagonia -- 10. Africa -- East Africa -- South Africa -- Central Africa -- West Africa -- North Africa
ISBN
  • 9780500513637
  • 0500513635
LCCN
2006940575
OCLC
  • ocn180193148
  • 180193148
  • SCSB-1453036
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library