A Perfect Fit: Clothes, Character, and the Promise of America
- ISBN-10
- 080505488X
- ISBN-13
- 9780805054880
- Series
- A Perfect Fit
- Category
- Design
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-06-14
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Jenna Weissman Joselit
Description
A social history of clothing uses a mix of advertisements, trade journals, health manuals, sermons, and even songs to trace the importance of clothes in the American psyche. 17,500 first printing.
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