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The Study of Dress History
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
The Study of Dress History
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Lou Taylor
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| Series | Studies in Design and Material Culture |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:296 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 170 |
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| Category/Genre | Fashion design and theory
History of specific subjects |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780719040658
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| Classifications | Dewey:391.009 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
21 February 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Over the past ten years the study of dress history has achieved academic respectability. This book shows how the fields of dress history and dress studies are now benefitting from the adoption of new multi-disciplinary approaches and outlines the full range of these approaches which draw on material culture, ethnography, and cultural studies. -- .
Author Biography
Lou Taylor is Professor of Dress and Textile History at the University of Brighton and author of Mourning Dress: a costume and social history (1983) and, with Elizabeth Wilson, Through the looking glass (1989) -- .
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