Uplift
Subtitle: The Bra in America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780812236439
Subjects: American studies; Clothing & footware manufacture; 21st century; c 1800 to c 1900; Sociology; History; Technology; Science/Mathematics; USA; Beauty & Grooming - General; Social History; Women's Studies - General; History / United States / 20th Century; Brassieres; United States
First sentence: The breast supporter made its debut in 1863, when Luman Chapman patented his corset substitute (Figure 1).