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Encyclopedia of National Dress [2 volumes] Traditional Clothing around the World

By Jill Condra (Editor)

Book information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2013
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15409480 bytes)
Pages
\838
Time added
2016-10-12 07:15:54
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Description

The contributors to Encyclopedia of National Dress: Traditional Clothing around the World examine clothing that is symbolic of the people who live in regions all over the world, providing a historical and geographic perspective that illustrates how people dress and explains the reasons behind the material, design, and style.The encyclopedia features a preface and introduction to its contents. Each entry in the encyclopedia includes a short historical and geographical background for the topic before discussing the clothing of people in that country or region of the world. This work will be of great interest to high school students researching fashion, fashion history, or history as well as to undergraduate students and general readers interested in anthropology, textiles, fashion, ethnology, history, or ethnic dress.

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