Description:This work examines a trade that covered the backs of sailors and soldiers, that shirted labouring men and skirted working women, that employed legions of needlewomen and supplied retailers with new consumer wares. Garments, once bought, returned again to the marketplace, circulating like a currency and bolstering demand. The agents in this trade included military contractors for clothing, female outworkers and dealers in used clothes. Each was affected by a changing demand for new-styled 'luxuries' and necessities in apparel.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dress, Culture, and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade Before the Factory, 1660-1800. To get started finding Dress, Culture, and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade Before the Factory, 1660-1800, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
241
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Not Avail
Release
2014
ISBN
0230372759
Dress, Culture, and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade Before the Factory, 1660-1800
Description: This work examines a trade that covered the backs of sailors and soldiers, that shirted labouring men and skirted working women, that employed legions of needlewomen and supplied retailers with new consumer wares. Garments, once bought, returned again to the marketplace, circulating like a currency and bolstering demand. The agents in this trade included military contractors for clothing, female outworkers and dealers in used clothes. Each was affected by a changing demand for new-styled 'luxuries' and necessities in apparel.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dress, Culture, and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade Before the Factory, 1660-1800. To get started finding Dress, Culture, and Commerce: The English Clothing Trade Before the Factory, 1660-1800, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.