The story of costume : with 328 colour illustrations
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The story of costume : with 328 colour illustrations
Thames and Hudson, 2006
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This beautifully illustrated, full-colour history of costume has been produced by bestselling author John Peacock especially for children.With over 320 hand-drawn illustrations, and clearly written descriptions on every page, the book offers a broad survey of Western costume from ancient times through to the present day, and is sure to delight any child with an interest in fashion or history, as well as being an invaluable educational resource.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Ancient Egypt 200-1200BC * Ancient Crete 2000-1200BC and Ancient Greece 600-150BC * Ancient Babylon and Assyria 1200-500BC and Persia 600-500BC Ancient Rome 100BC-AD500 and Byzantium 500BC-AD1200 * Late Antiquity and the Dark Ages 100-1000 * Early Middle Ages 1000-1100 * High Middle Ages 1100-1200 * The Age of the Crusades 1200-1250 * The Age of Invention 1250-1300 * Time of the Great Famine and Black Death 1300-1350 * The Age of Medieval Romance 1350-1400 * Late Middle Ages 1400-1430 * Early Renaissance 1430-1465 * The Age of Exploration 1465-1500 High Renaissance 1500-1525 * Time of the Conquistadors 1525-1550 * Time of the Wars of Religion 1550-1575 * The Golden Age 1575-1600 * Late Renaissance 1600-1625 * The Colonial Era 1625-1650 * The Age of Puritanism 1650-1675 * The Age of the Buccaneers 1675-1700 * The Age of Enlightenment 1700-1725 * Late Baroque Period 1725-1750 Rococo Period 1750-1775 * Era of the American and French Revolutions 1775-1800 * The Age of the Industrial Revolution 1800-1820 * The Age of the Pioneer Settlers 1820-1840 The Golden Age of the Railways 1840-1860 * Era of the American Civil War 1860-1880 The Second Industrial Revolution 1880-1900 * The Turn of the Twentieth Century 1900-1920 * Twenties & Thirties 1920-1935 * Thirties & Forties 1935-1950 * Fifties & Sixties 1950-1970 * Seventies & Eighties 1970-1985 * Modern Times 1985-present day
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