Title: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History 1620 to 1899
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.
Subjects: Clothing and dress, History, Social life and customs, Social conditions, United states, social conditions, Social aspects