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Survey of Historic Costume Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)

Survey of Historic Costume By Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)

Survey of Historic Costume by Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)

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Survey of Historic Costume Summary

Survey of Historic Costume: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card by Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)

Learn about Western dress from the ancient world to today. Each chapter establishes the social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on what people wore, providing important context to understand the role of dress from a diverse, global perspective. More than 600 images help you to recognize recurring themes, and box features throughout highlight contemporary voices and the impact the fashions of the time had on the generations that followed. The book covers each decade, from the 1920s to the present, in separate chapters that follow the gradual changes in modern fashion. Instructor Resources -Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes -Test Bank includes sample test questions for each chapter -PowerPoint presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion Survey of Historic Costume STUDIO -Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips -Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary

Survey of Historic Costume Reviews

I love this book, it is like an old friend. I have spent years with it. I cannot imagine using another textbook. It reads with ease and has you turning pages like a magazine. -- Ronnie Chamberlain, Northern Kentucky University, US
The book is a good, clear survey of Euro-American dress and provides students with a good introduction to sources available to dress history, as well as some of the challenges and debates of historical research. -- Charlotte Nicklas, University of Brighton, UK
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of European/Western costume history and a substantial foundation for an introductory course. -- Susan Joudrey, Saint Mary's University, Canada
The textbook is extremely well written. Students comment that they enjoy the visuals included in the book. -- Marianne Bickle, University of South Carolina, US
Large, comprehensive, well researched. An easy book to design a course around. Although the book is large with much information, the students tend to like using it. -- Janice Kimmons, Lamar University, US

About Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)

Phyllis G. Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, The City University of New York. Sara B. Marcketti is a professor of apparel, merchandising, and design and the director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Iowa State University, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction PART ONE: THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST, c. 3500 BCE600 CE 2. Mesopotamian Civilization, c. 3500600 BCE 3. Greece and Rome, c. 650 BCE400 CE PART TWO: THE MIDDLE AGES, c. 3301500 4. The Byzantine Period and the Early Middle Ages, c. 3301500 5. The Late Middle Ages, c. 13001500 PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE, c. 14001600 6. The Italian Renaissance, c. 14001600 7. The Northern Renaissance, c. 15001600 PART FOUR: BAROQUE AND ROCOCO, c. 16001800 8. The 17th Century, 16001700 9. The 18th Century, 17001790 PART FIVE: THE 19TH CENTURY, c. 18001900 10. The Directoire Period and the Empire Period, 17901820 11. The Romantic Period, 18201850 12. The Crinoline Period, 18501870 13. The Bustle Period and the Nineties, 18701900 PART SIX: FROM THE 20TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY, 19002020 14. The Edwardian Period and World War I, 19001920 15. The 1920s: The Jazz Age 16. The 1930s: The Great Depression 17. The 1940s: World War II to the New Look 18. The 1950s: Fashion Conformity 19. The 1960s: Style Tribes Emerge 20. The 1970s: Activism and Fashion 21. The 1980s: Changing Roles 22. The 1990s: Fashion Fragmentation 23. The 2000s: The New Millennium 24. The 2010s: The Modern Age Glossary Bibliography Index

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NGR9781501337406
9781501337406
1501337408
Survey of Historic Costume: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card by Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)
Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2021-02-25
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