Survey of Historic Costume

Phyllis G. Tortora is Professor Emerita at Queens College, The City University of New York.Sara B. Marcketti is a professor of apparel, merchandising, and design and the director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Iowa State University, USA.

I love this book, it is like an old friend. I have spent years with it. I cannot imagine using another textbook. It reads with ease and has you turning pages like a magazine.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction PART ONE: THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST, c. 3500 BCE–600 CE2. Mesopotamian Civilization, c. 3500–600 BCE3. Greece and Rome, c. 650 BCE–400 CEPART TWO: THE MIDDLE AGES, c. 330–15004. The Byzantine Period and the Early Middle Ages, c. 330–15005. The Late Middle Ages, c. 1300–1500PART THREE: THE RENAISSANCE, c. 1400–16006. The Italian Renaissance, c. 1400–16007. The Northern Renaissance, c. 1500–1600PART FOUR: BAROQUE AND ROCOCO, c. 1600–18008. The 17th Century, 1600–17009. The 18th Century, 1700–1790PART FIVE: THE 19TH CENTURY, c. 1800–190010. The Directoire Period and the Empire Period, 1790–182011. The Romantic Period, 1820–185012. The Crinoline Period, 1850–187013. The Bustle Period and the Nineties, 1870–1900PART SIX: FROM THE 20TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY, 1900–202014. The Edwardian Period and World War I, 1900–192015. The 1920s: The Jazz Age 16. The 1930s: The Great Depression 17. The 1940s: World War II to the New Look18. The 1950s: Fashion Conformity 19. The 1960s: Style Tribes Emerge 20. The 1970s: Activism and Fashion 21. The 1980s: Changing Roles 22. The 1990s: Fashion Fragmentation 23. The 2000s: The New Millennium 24. The 2010s: The Modern Age GlossaryBibliographyIndex