ISBN:
9780807869291
,
0807869295
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9781469602929
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146960292X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 290 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Gender and American culture
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Haulman, Kate Politics of fashion in eighteenth-century America
DDC:
306.20973
Keywords:
Politics and culture History
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18th century
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United States
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Fashion Political aspects
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History
;
18th century
;
United States
;
Clothing and dress Political aspects
;
History
;
18th century
;
United States
;
Symbolism in politics History
;
18th century
;
India
;
Nationalism History
;
18th century
;
United States
;
Fashion Political aspects 18th century
;
History
;
Clothing and dress Political aspects 18th century
;
History
;
Symbolism in politics History 18th century
;
Nationalism History 18th century
;
Politics and culture History 18th century
;
United States Social life and customs
;
To 1775
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Social Science
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History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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HISTORY ; United States ; Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Fashion ; Political aspects
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Manners and customs
;
Nationalism
;
Politics and culture
;
Symbolism in politics
;
United States Social life and customs
;
To 1775
;
United States Social life and customs To 1775
;
United States
;
India
;
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Abstract:
In the see-and-be-seen port cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston, fashion, a form of power and distinction, was conceptually feminized yet pursued by both men and women across class ranks. Haulman shows that elite men and women in these cities relied on fashion to present their status but also attempted to undercut its ability to do so for others. Disdain for others' fashionability was a means of safeguarding social position in cities where the modes of dress were particularly fluid and a way to maintain gender hierarchy in a world in which women's power as consumers was ex
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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