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

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

Drawing on contemporary written descriptions and on actual costumes of the period, this book analyzes what Americans in the 18th century considered fashionable and attractive and how they used clothing to assert status or to identify occupations.
Country USA
Brand Yale University Press
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 355 color + 36 b-w illus.
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300181074
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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