Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1563671425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 556 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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She also serves as a consultant to the Historic Costume Collection of the Huntington Historical Society in Huntington, New York. Among the textbooks of which she is the author or co-author are Survey of Historic Costume and Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 7th edition. About the Author Phyllis Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, where she was department chair for 17 years, teaching historic costume and furnishings, and textiles. Keith Eubank is a Professor of History, Emeritus, Queens College, CUNY. Keith maintains scholarly affiliations with the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association. He had previously been the Chairman of the History Department and he was also part of the Doctoral Faculty in History
Among the textbooks of which she is the author or co-author are Survey of Historic Costume and Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 7th edition. She also serves as a consultant to the Historic Costume Collection of the Huntington Historical Society in Huntington, New York. Keith Eubank is a Professor of History, Emeritus, Queens College, CUNY. Keith maintains scholarly affiliations with the American Historical Association and the Southern
Not my favorite historical clothing book, by far I am a living historian doing a senior thesis on women's clothing of the 18th century. The good thing about this book is that it covers a lot of time periods and places, though it only gives the briefest descriptions. The photos are decent but the illustrations are not good. The text itself is far less than desirable; I have found multiple spelling and grammatical mistakes (page 307 says. Solitaire said I've seen better. Another class, another textbook. This book is a heavy, thick hardcover that is more of a chore to lug around than my laptop. Another book published by Fairchild Publications, the New York publishers who own WWD and W magazine. This is the text chosen by the current professor teaching History of Costume at my college. Background - this class is considered a "multi-cultural" course which i. "A little bit fooled" according to Kara R. Pratt. This book isn't as cool as the cover makes it look. A lot fewer good pictures than I expected (I'm a very visual learner), but the content is good and covers a lot of material. I did learn some great stuff.
Chronologically arranged chapters each begin with a summary of historical developments, which is followed by discussion of sociocultural, artistic, political, economic, and/or technological developments relevant to costume in the period under study, and then by detailed presentation of the specifics of costume for men, women, and children. Abundant