Survey of Historic Costume

The organization of the book is excellent. Emily Banis Stoehrer, Fisher College, USA I have always used this book. I do not think there is another that has this much detail, but introduces concepts well without overwhelming undergraduate students. Diana Saiki, Ball State University, USA The contents match precisely to what I am teaching, which is why I like this book so much. I think this book far outweighs any other book. Rhonda R. Gorman, Texas Woman's University, USA I feel the book is written with the correct amount and detail for undergraduate students of fashion history. Alexandra Thelin, Montclair State University, USA I think the design and layout is well-done and user-friendly. Catherine Amoroso Leslie, Kent State University, USA Compared to other books [Survey of Historic Costume] is more or equally comprehensive, and has better instructor Guides and student study help. I find [Survey of Historic Costume] a better tool student success than any other text I have used. Elizabeth Cole Sheehan, Lasell College, USA One of the best things is the context it provides for dress in each era-social, political, historical, etc. It's detailed and much better organized than other books I have as an option for this course. Jennifer Banning, Illinois State University, USA It took me a while to find a text that I am happy with. Once I found this one, I stopped searching. Donna Meester, University of Alabama, USA

Phyllis G. Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, The City University of New York. She is co-author of The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 8th Edition (Fairchild Books, 2013) and The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion, 4th Edition (Fairchild Books, 2013). Sara B. Marcketti is an associate professor at Iowa State University, USA, where she serves as an associate director in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching and formerly served as curator at the Textiles and Clothing Museum.

Preface and How to Use Book Acknowledgements Ch 1 Introduction Part 1 The Ancient World: c. 3000 BC - AD 300 Ch 2 The Ancient Middle East: c. 3500-600 BC Ch 3 Crete and Greece: c.2900-300 BC Ch 4 Etruria and Rome: c. 800 BC - AD 400 Part 2 The Middle Ages: c. 300 - 1500 Ch 5 The Early Middle Ages: c. 300 - 1300 Ch 6 The Late Middle Ages: c.1300-1500 Part 3 The Renaissance: c 1400-1600 Ch 7 The Italian Renaissance: c. 1400-1600 Ch 8 The Northern Renaissance: c. 1500-1600 Part 4 Baroque and Rococo: c. 1600-1800 Ch 9 The Seventeenth Century: 1600-1700 Ch 10 The Eighteenth Century: 1700-1900 Part 5 The Nineteenth Century: 1800-1900 Ch 11 The Directoire Period and the Empire Period: 1790-1820 Ch 12 The Romantic Period: 1820-1850 Ch 13 The Crinoline Period: 1850-1869 Ch 14 The Bustle Period and the Nineties: 1870-1900 Part 6 From the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century: 1900-2014 Ch 15 The Edwardian Period and World War I: 1900-1920 Ch 16 The Twenties, Thirties, and World War II: 1920-1947 Ch 17 The New Look: Fashion Conformity Prevails: 1947-1960 Ch 18 The Sixties and Seventies: Style Tribes Emerge: 1960-1980 Ch 19 The Eighties and the Nineties and the Twenty-first Century: 1980-1999 Ch 20 Twenty-first Century: 2000-2014 Credit Index