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• catalog abstract ""Out of necessity early Americans accommodated, adapted and manipulated their clothing to adjust to their physical and social environment. In this book we focus on the relationship of dress to the struggle of indigenous and immigrant Americans to fill expected and unexpected needs and express political ideologies and ethnic identity. In doing so we hope to prompt readers to reconsider the place of dress in the interpretation of American culture. The casual reader of this book of essays may be surprised to learn that it has little to do with different styles of clothing or the vagaries of fashion." "We consider how Americans historically have been challenged by the human landscape, physical environment and social institutions to alter their clothing behavior. We are not trying to determine what is distinctively American about our dress. Rather we demonstrate that the clothing behavior of Americans, in adapting to these new situations, was part of their unique experience and that it was linked to their cultural values, attitudes and ideals. Clothing is viewed as a mediating factor in the American experience. The authors of these essays reveal the politics, or power of dress, especially in its function as a symbol of American ideals, and examine changes in clothing behavior which occurred as Americans faced a variety of new experiences."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b6541308.
• catalog contributor b6541309.
• catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description ""Out of necessity early Americans accommodated, adapted and manipulated their clothing to adjust to their physical and social environment. In this book we focus on the relationship of dress to the struggle of indigenous and immigrant Americans to fill expected and unexpected needs and express political ideologies and ethnic identity. In doing so we hope to prompt readers to reconsider the place of dress in the interpretation of American culture. The casual reader of this book of essays may be surprised to learn that it has little to do with different styles of clothing or the vagaries of fashion." "We consider how Americans historically have been challenged by the human landscape, physical environment and social institutions to alter their clothing behavior. We are not trying to determine what is distinctively American about our dress. Rather we demonstrate that the clothing behavior of Americans, in adapting to these new situations, was part of their unique experience and that it was linked to their cultural values, attitudes and ideals. Clothing is viewed as a mediating factor in the American experience. The authors of these essays reveal the politics, or power of dress, especially in its function as a symbol of American ideals, and examine changes in clothing behavior which occurred as Americans faced a variety of new experiences."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Introduction / Patricia Cunningham and Susan Voso Lab -- From moccasins to frock coats and back again : ethnic identity and native American dress in Southern New England / Linda Welters -- Dress for the Ohio pioneers / Carolyn R. Shine -- Nineteenth-century African-American dress / Barbara M. Starke -- The American cowboy : development of the mythic image / Laurel Wilson -- From folk to fashion : dress adaptations of Norwegian immigrant women in the Midwest / Patricia Williams -- Dressing the colonial past : nineteenth century New Englanders look back / Beverly Gordon -- The gym suit : freedom at last / Patricia Campbell Warner -- Simplicity of dress : a symbol of American ideals / Patricia A. Cunningham -- "War" drobe and World War I / Susan Voso Lab.".
• catalog extent "221 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Dress in American culture.".
• catalog identifier "0879725788".
• catalog identifier "0879725796 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Dress in American culture.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press,".
• catalog relation "Dress in American culture.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "391/.009/04 20".
• catalog subject "Clothing and dress United States History.".
• catalog subject "Costume United States History.".
• catalog subject "GT605 .D75 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Patricia Cunningham and Susan Voso Lab -- From moccasins to frock coats and back again : ethnic identity and native American dress in Southern New England / Linda Welters -- Dress for the Ohio pioneers / Carolyn R. Shine -- Nineteenth-century African-American dress / Barbara M. Starke -- The American cowboy : development of the mythic image / Laurel Wilson -- From folk to fashion : dress adaptations of Norwegian immigrant women in the Midwest / Patricia Williams -- Dressing the colonial past : nineteenth century New Englanders look back / Beverly Gordon -- The gym suit : freedom at last / Patricia Campbell Warner -- Simplicity of dress : a symbol of American ideals / Patricia A. Cunningham -- "War" drobe and World War I / Susan Voso Lab.".
• catalog title "Dress in American culture / edited by Patricia A. Cunningham and Susan Voso Lab.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".