Survey of Historic Costume

Phyllis G. Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, The City University of New York. Sara B. Marcketti is a professor of apparel, merchandising, and design and the director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Iowa State University, USA.

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

PART ONE: THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST, c. 3500 BCE–600 CE
2. Mesopotamian Civilization, c. 3500–600 BCE
3. Greece and Rome, c. 650 BCE–400 CE

PART TWO: THE MIDDLE AGES, c. 330–1500
4. The Byzantine Period and the Early Middle Ages, c. 330–1500
5. The Late Middle Ages, c. 1300–1500

PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE, c. 1400–1600
6. The Italian Renaissance, c. 1400–1600
7. The Northern Renaissance, c. 1500–1600

PART FOUR: BAROQUE AND ROCOCO, c. 1600–1800
8. The 17th Century, 1600–1700
9. The 18th Century, 1700–1790

PART FIVE: THE 19TH CENTURY, c. 1800–1900
10. The Directoire Period and the Empire Period, 1790–1820
11. The Romantic Period, 1820–1850
12. The Crinoline Period, 1850–1870
13. The Bustle Period and the Nineties, 1870–1900

PART SIX: FROM THE 20TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY, 1900–2020
14. The Edwardian Period and World War I, 1900–1920
15. The 1920s: The Jazz Age
16. The 1930s: The Great Depression
17. The 1940s: World War II to the New Look
18. The 1950s: Fashion Conformity
19. The 1960s: Style Tribes Emerge
20. The 1970s: Activism and Fashion
21. The 1980s: Changing Roles
22. The 1990s: Fashion Fragmentation
23. The 2000s: The New Millennium
24. The 2010s: The Modern Age

Glossary
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Index