Foot in the Past - Consumers, Producers, and Footwear in the Long Eighteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Giorgio Riello is Research Officer in Global History at the London School of Economics where he is co-ordinating a research project entitled 'A Global History of Cotton Textiles! 1200-1800'. He has published on fashion! material culture and product innovation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He is currently editing with Peter McNeil a collection of essays entitled Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers (Oxford: Berg! forthcoming2006). Klappentext During the Enlightenment! in a society that was increasingly urbanised and mobile! footwear was an essential item of apparel. This book considers not only the practical but also the symbolic meaning of footwear in France and England during the period from the end of the seventeenth to the mid nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung During the Enlightenment! in a society that was increasingly urbanised and mobile! footwear was an essential item of apparel. This book considers not only the practical but also the symbolic meaning of footwear in France and England during the period from the end of the seventeenth to the mid nineteenth century.

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• Authors: Giorgio Riello, Giorgio (Research Officer in Global Histor Riello, Giorgio (Research Officer in Global History Riello
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9780199292257
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929225-7
• No. of pages: 338
• Series: Pasold Studies in Textile History; Pasold Studies in Textile Hist; Pasold Studies in Textile Hist; Pasold Studies in Textile History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries