The politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America / Kate Haulman.

Author/creator Haulman, Kate
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Politics and culture--United States. --History. --18th century.
Fashion--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --18th century.
Clothing and dress--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --18th century.
Symbolism in politics--India. --History. --18th century.
Nationalism--United States. --History. --18th century.
United States--Social life and customs. --To 1775.

SeriesGender and American culture
Gender & American culture. ^A228874
Contents Introduction : that strange, ridic'lous vice -- The many faces of fashion in the early eighteenth century -- Fops and coquettes : gender, sexuality, and status -- Country modes : cultural politics and political resistance -- New duties and old desires on the eve of revolution -- A contest of modes in revolutionary Philadelphia -- Fashion and nation -- Epilogue : political habits and citizenship's corset : the 1790s and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010053995
ISBN9780807834879 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807834874 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E163 .H38 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold