Format:
1 online resource (277 pages)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781789383478
Content:
This is the story of clothing use when manufacturing for civilians nearly stopped and raw materials and workers across the globe were shifted to war work. Governments mandated rationing programmes in many countries to regulate the limited supply. 75 years later the slow fashion movement is motivating reductions in clothing consumption. 123 b/w illus.
Content:
Cover -- Clothing Goes to War: Creativity Inspired by Scarcity in World War II -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Rationale for Rationing: The Demanding War -- 2. Textiles Go to War: Military Uniforms Prioritized -- 3. Gender Defined by Clothing: Women in Slacks -- 4. Home Front Handicrafts: Creativity Inspired by Restrictions -- 5. Feed Sack Fashion: Nothing Was Wasted -- 6. Wartime Weddings: Falling in Love During Wartime -- 7. Costumes Go to War: Clothing in Hollywood and British Film -- 8. Clothing as Commerce: Hoarding, Bartering, and the Black Market -- 9. Make-Do and Mend: Once Forgotten, Now Reborn -- 10. Epilogue: Global Pandemic of 2020 Forces Revivals of 1940s Handicrafts -- Bibliography -- Index -- Color Plates -- Back Cover.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781789383461
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Turner, Nan Clothing goes to war Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2022 ISBN 9781789383461
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1789383463
Language:
English
Keywords:
Großbritannien
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Mode
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Handarbeiten
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Textilindustrie
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Kriegswirtschaft
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Ressourcen
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Knappheit
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Geschichte 1939-1945
