Laura Ugolini

Men and Menswear

Sartorial Consumption in Britain 1880-1939

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the changing nature of the retailing of menswear and illuminates wider aspects of masculine identity as well as patterns of male consumption between the years 1880 and 1939. It considers the relationship between men and activities which were widely considered to be at least potentially 'unmanly'"selling, as well as buying clothes"thus shedding new light on men's lives and identities in this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780754603849
• ISBN-10: 0754603849
• Artikelnr.: 35730547

Autorenporträt

Laura Ugolini is Director of the Committee in the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution, University of Wolverhampton, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: General editor's preface
Introduction
Part I Consuming Menswear: Identities, 1880-1939
Non-conformity, 1880-1939
Menswear and war,1914-1918
The democratisation of menswear? 1919-1939. Part II Selling Menswear: Tailoring and manliness, 1880-1914
Menswear retailing and war, 1914-1920
The struggle for survival, 1920-1939. Part III Buying Menswear: Shopping decisions, 1880-1939
Making a purchase, 1880-1939
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.