The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History 1620 to 1899
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780313335938
Description: " ... Presents, in six chapters, a description of all aspects of dress in British colonial America, including the social and historical background of British America, and covering men's, women's, and children's garments. The book shows how dress reflected and evolved with life in British colonial America as primitive settlements gave way to the growth of towns, cities, and manufacturing of the pre-Industrial Revolution"--Cover, page 4.