A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire

Book Overview

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quantities to machine-manufactured in bulk. The increasing democratization of appearances made new fashions more widely available, but at the same time made the need to differentiate social rank seem more pressing.

In this age of empire, the coding of class, gender and race was frequently negotiated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857856847
• ISBN13: 9780857856845
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.7"