Artifacts from American Fashion

Artifacts from American Fashion
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 405
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ISBN-10 : 9781440864582
ISBN-13 : 1440864586
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Book Synopsis Artifacts from American Fashion by : Heather Vaughan Lee

Download or read book Artifacts from American Fashion written by Heather Vaughan Lee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clothing and fashion accessories can serve as valuable primary sources for learning about our history. This unique book examines daily life in 20th-century America through the lens of fashion and clothing. This collection explores fashion artifacts from daily life to shed light on key aspects of the social life and culture of Americans in the 20th century. Artifacts from American Fashion covers forty-five essential articles of fashion or accessories, chosen to illuminate significant areas of daily life and history, including Politics, World Events, and War; Transportation and Technology; Home and Work Life; Art and Entertainment; Health, Sport, and Leisure; and Alternative Cultures, Youth, Ethnic, Queer, and Counter Culture. Through these artifacts, readers can follow the major events, social movements, cultural shifts, and technological developments that shaped our daily life in the U.S. A World War I soldier's helmet opens a vista onto the horrors of trench warfare during World War I, while the dress of a typical 1920's "flapper" speaks volumes about America women's changing role during Prohibition and the Jazz Age. Similarly, a homemade feedsack dress illuminates the world of the Great Depression, while the bikini ushers us into the Atomic Age. Here, such artificacts tell the story of twentieth-century daily life in America.


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