Why'd they wear that? fashion as the mirror of history
Move over Project Runway. Get ready to chuckle your way through centuries of fashion dos and don'ts! In this humorous and approachable narrative, kids will learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout th...
| Main Author: | Albee, Sarah (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Gunn, Tim (writer of foreword.) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
c2015.
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Table of Contents:
- That's a wrap: the ancient world: 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 1000
- Keeping the faith: the middle ages: 1000 - 1400s
- Going global: the age of exploration: 1400s - early 1500s
- Ruff & ready: the Renaissance: 1500s - early 1600s
- Lighten up!: the age of reason: 1600s - 1700s
- Hats (and heads) off: revolutionary times: mid-1600s - early 1800s
- Growing pains: marching toward modernity: mid-1700s - early 1900s
- Labor pains: the industrial revolution: mid-1800s - early 1900s
- Class dismissed: world at war: the 20th century & beyond
- What can you do?
- Time line.