What people wore
Subtitle: a visual history of dress from ancient times to twentieth-century America
By: written and illustrated by Douglas Gorsline.
Publisher: The Viking Press
Published: 1952
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Notes: Bibliography-Includes index.

CONTENTS:

Part I. Costume of the ancient world. Egypt and the Near East -- Greece and Rome -- 

Part II. European costume. The medieval period -- Historical survey : ninth century through thirteenth century -- Historical survey :1300-1485 -- Armor -- The Tudor period -- Historical survey : early Tudor period (1485-1558) -- Historical survey : late Tudor period (1558-1603) -- The seventeenth century -- Historical survey : early seventeenth century (1600-1645) -- Historical survey : middle seventeenth century (1600-1645) -- Historical survey : late seventeenth century (1665-1700) -- The eighteenth century -- Historical survey : early eighteenth century (1700-1745) -- Historical survey : middle eighteenth century (1745-1765) -- Historical survey : late eighteenth century (1765-1800) -- The nineteenth century -- Historical survey : early nineteenth century (1800-1845) -- Historical survey : middle nineteenth century (1845-1865) -- Historical survey : late nineteenth century (1865-1895) -- The turn of the century -- Historical survey : The turn of the century (1895-1914)

Part III. American costume. Eastern America 1840-1880 -- Historical survey : 1787-1880 -- Eastern America 1880-1900 -- Historical survey : the eighties and nineties -- The American frontier : across the plains -- Plains characters -- Historical survey : the plains and the cowboy -- The cowboy -- The first quarter of the twentieth century -- Historical survey : 1900-1925.
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