Clothing: A Global History

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3186-8

Hardcover

232 pages

July 2008, Polity

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Broad and engaging overview suitable for undergraduates in history, anthropology, cultural studies and fashion studies, as well as the general reader.
Explains why we wear what we do, why most people in the world now dress very similarly and why those who resist Western dress do so.
The book takes a refreshing global perspective to its subject, with all continents and many countries being discussed.
It investigates not merely the symbolic and message-bearing aspects of clothing, but also practical matters of production and, equally importantly, distribution.