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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Ross (University of Leiden)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.354kg ISBN: 9780745631875ISBN 10: 0745631878 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 05 September 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. The Rules of Dress. 3. Redressing the Old World. 4. First Colonialisms. 5. The Production, care and distribution of clothing. 6. The Export of Europe. 7. Reclothed in Rightful Minds: Christian missions and clothing. 8. Re-forming the body: reforming the mind. 9. The Clothing of Colonial Nationalism. 10. The Emancipation of Dress. 11. Engendered Acceptance and Rejection. 12. ConclusionReviewsA model work of synthesis - lucid, lively, accessible, globally informed, stuffed with rich and fascinating examples, making good use of theory and comparison, and approaching its topic from economic, political, social and cultural points of view. Peter Burke, University of Cambridge Robert Ross admirably weaves the history of dress into the broader contours of modernization and the rise and fall of western imperialism. Clothing offers the reader insights into the power of bodily adornment, both as a tool of western hegemony, and as a potential symbolic medium for nationalist aspirations of the colonized. John Mackey, Birmingham University Author InformationRobert Ross is Professor of African History at the University of Leiden. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |