Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 1454 pp. 3 vols.
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Title:Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
Editor(s):Valerie Steele
Imprint:Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication:Detroit
Publication Year:2005
No. of Volumes:3
Total Pages:1454
ISBN:978-0-684-31394-8
eISBN:978-0-684-31451-8
Format:Encyclopedia
Frequency:Monographs
Language:English
Audience:
Academic
Gale Subject Headings:Fashion industry; Clothing and costume; Social science history; Anthropology; Multicultural studies; History specialties; Fashion and textiles industries
LC Subject(s):Clothing and dress-History-Encyclopedias
Description:A three-volume survey of clothing, costume and fashion, presented through 640 essays, arranged alphabetically. Coverage includes the origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical eras. For students and researchers at the high-school level or higher.
Publisher:Charles Scribner's Sons
Address:27500 Drake Rd.
Farmington Hills
Michigan
United States
Farmington Hills
Michigan
United States
Copyright Statement:COPYRIGHT 2005 Gale, Cengage Learning
