The Culture of Clothing by Daniel Roche
Newly avilable in paperback, this major contribution to cultural history is a study of dress in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Daniel Roche discusses general approaches to the history of dress, locates the subject within current French historiography and uses a large sample of inventories to explore the differences between the various social classes in the amount they spent and the kind of clothes they wore. His essential argument is that there was a 'vestimentary revolution' in the later eighteenth century as all sections of the population became caught up in the world of fashion and fast-moving consumption.
'At the outset Daniel Roche makes it known that he seeks to retrieve the history of clothes from the highly specialist world of folk museums and historians of costumeThis stimulating work is the proof of his success.' Alan Forrest, The Times Literary Supplement
Roche, Daniel: - Daniel Roche is Professor of Modern History at the University of Paris 1 Panthü¾Ž–”¼on-Sorbonne and Directeur d'ü¾Ž–Œ¼tudes at the ü¾Ž–Œ¼cole des hautes ü¾Ž–”¼tudes en sciences sociales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521574549 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521574544 |
| Title | The Culture of Clothing |
| Author | Daniel Roche |
| Series | Past And Present Publications |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1996-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 564 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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