9780879725785, 0879725788, 9780879725792, 0879725796, and 0879725796 (pbk.)
Description:
221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Introduction / Patricia Cunningham and Susan Voso Lab -- From moccasins to frock coats and back again : ethnic identity and native American dress in Southern New England / Linda Welters -- Dress for the Ohio pioneers / Carolyn R. Shine -- Nineteenth-century African-American dress / Barbara M. Starke -- The American cowboy : development of the mythic image / Laurel Wilson -- From folk to fashion : dress adaptations of Norwegian immigrant women in the Midwest / Patricia Williams -- Dressing the colonial past : nineteenth century New Englanders look back / Beverly Gordon -- The gym suit : freedom at last / Patricia Campbell Warner -- Simplicity of dress : a symbol of American ideals / Patricia A. Cunningham -- "War" drobe and World War I / Susan Voso Lab