The three-piece suit and modern masculinity : England, 1550-1850 / David Kuchta.
The three-piece suit and modern masculinity : England, 1550-1850 / David Kuchta.
The three-piece suit and modern masculinity : England, 1550-1850 / David Kuchta.
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
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N391.10942/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Conspicuous Constructions -- 2. The Old Sartorial Regime, 1550-1688 -- 3. The Seventeenth-Century Fashion Crisis -- 4. The Three-Piece Suit -- 5. Masculinity in the "Age of Chivalry," 1688-1832 -- 6. The Making of the Self-Made Man, 1750-1850 -- 7. Inconspicuous Consumption.
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Dissertation
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral).
Publication information
Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2002.
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Summary
"Kuchta shows not only how the ideology of modern English masculinity was a self-consciously political and public creation but also how such explicitly political decisions and values became internalized, personalized, and naturalized into everyday manners and habits. The three-piece suit, a fashion statement so successful that it ceased to be notic...
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The three-piece suit and modern masculinity : England, 1550-1850 / David Kuchta.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47.
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-293) and index.
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c2002.
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N391.10942/2
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74Vvx4WOKwlg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvx4WOKwlg
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ISBN
0520214935 (alk. paper)
9780520214934 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520214935 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520214934 :
0520214935 :
9780520214934
0520214935
9780520214934 (hbk.)
0520214935 (hbk.)
9780520214934 (alk. paper)
DDC
391.10942
MMS ID
991016875709702626
