Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion

Author

Behnke, Alison Havelin, Kate Krohn, Katherine E Bix, Cynthia Overbeck

1) The little black dress and zoot suits: Depression and wartime fashions from the 1930s to 1950s

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Behnke, Alison

2) Buckskin dresses and pumpkin breeches: colonial fashions from the 1580s to 1760s

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Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion
Dressing a nation the history of U.S. fashion

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

3) Calico dresses and buffalo robes: American West fashions from the 1840s to the 1890s

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Krohn, Katherine E

Series

Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion
Dressing a nation the history of U.S. fashion

Publisher

Twenty-first Century Books

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

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Read about the fashions of the Old West from buckskins to sunbonnets.

4) Hoopskirts, Union blues, and Confederate grays: Civil War fashions from 1861 to 1865

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Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion
Dressing a nation the history of U.S. fashion

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

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Examines the fashion trends of the American people from 1861 to 1865, describing the materials used to make men's and women's clothing and the styles that were commonly worn.

5) Petticoats and frock coats: revolution and Victorian-Age fashions from the 1770s to the 1860s

Author

Bix, Cynthia Overbeck

Series

Dressing a nation: the history of U.S. fashion
Dressing a nation the history of U.S. fashion

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

Description

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Examines the fashion trends of the American people from the 1770s to the 1860s, describing the materials used to make men's and women's clothing and the styles that were commonly worn.