Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World [2 volumes]

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Jill Condra
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This two-volume set presents information and images of the varied clothing and textiles of cultures around the world, allowing readers to better appreciate the richness and diversity of human culture and history.

The contributors to Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World examine clothing that is symbolic of the people who live in regions all over the world, providing a historical and geographic perspective that illustrates how people dress and explains the reasons behind the material, design, and style.

The encyclopedia features a preface and introduction to its contents. Each entry in the encyclopedia includes a short historical and geographical background for the topic before discussing the clothing of people in that country or region of the world. This work will be of great interest to high school students researching fashion, fashion history, or history as well as to undergraduate students and general readers interested in anthropology, textiles, fashion, ethnology, history, or ethnic dress.

  • Contributions from over 50 experts in their field

  • Dozens of photographs

  • A bibliographic listing of further reading and references with each section

 

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Sommario

Volume 2
394
Museums with National Dress and Textile Collections
773
Selected Bibliography
777
About the Editor and Contributors
783
Index
793
Copyright

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Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World, Volume 1
Jill Condra
Anteprima non disponibile - 2013

Parole e frasi comuni

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Informazioni sull'autore (2013)

Jill Condra is an independent author and editor. She has taught in the area of clothing and textiles history at the University of British Columbia, the University of Prince Edward Island, and the University of Manitoba.

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TitoloEncyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World [2 volumes]
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Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing Around the World, Jill Condra
CuratoreJill Condra
Edizioneillustrata
EditoreABC-CLIO, 2013
ISBN0313376379, 9780313376375
Lunghezza813 pagine
  
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