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Table of 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.

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Author/Creator:

Tortora, Phyllis G.

Contributors:

Eubank, Keith

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Survey of historic costume: a history of Western dress [by Tortora, P.G.]

Subjects:

Clothing and dress — History

Clothing and dress

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 652-658) and index.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 680 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm + 1 study guide (v, 230 pages ; 28 cm)

Physical Characteristics:

29 cm

Call Numbers:

GT580 .T67 2010

ISBNs:

9781563678066
1563678063

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008936655

OCLC Numbers:

961647637
425839941 [Invalid]