| Description |
1 online resource (x, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47 |
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Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47
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| Contents |
Conspicuous constructions -- The old sartorial regime, 1550-1688 -- "Apparel oft proclaims the man" -- The crown proclaims the apparel -- Court capitalism -- Religious conformity to fashion -- The seventeenth-century fashion crisis -- "The mode is a tyrant" -- "A tailor made thee" -- "Popery and foppery" -- The moral economy of mercantilism -- The three-piece suit -- Masculinity in the "Age of Chivalry," 1688-1832 -- "the manners of a republic" -- Gentlemanly capitalism -- Sublime masculinity -- The feminization of fashion -- The making of the self-made man, 1750-1850 -- "Character is power" -- The language of capital -- "The great masculine renunciation." |
| Summary |
In 1666 King Charles II introduced a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. This text examines the inspiration behind this royal revolution in masculine attire |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-293) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Masculinity -- History.
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Men's clothing -- England -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001003099 |
| ISBN |
0520921399 (electronic bk.) |
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058546605X (electronic bk.) |
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1597349542 |
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9780520921399 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585466057 (electronic bk.) |
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9781597349543 |
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