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According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes -- revealing what our clothing says about class, sex, and our desire to belong. With keen insight and considerable curmudgeonly flair, Fussell unfolds the history and cultural significance of all manner of attire, fondly analyzing the roles that uniforms play in a number of communities -- the military, the church, health care, food service, sports -- even everyday civilian life. Uniforms is vintage Fussell: ""revelatory, ribald, and irresistible"" (Shirley Hazzard).

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Full of pugnacious observations and intellectual insights . . . Paul Fussell is back, and he's feisty as ever. --Rebecca Denton Bookpage Fussell's funny, touching insights spring from an unmistakable compassion for people's need to feel 'the comfort and vanity of belonging.' Publishers Weekly I love a man in uniform! . . . Fussell embroiders on why we are what we wear. --Elissa Schappell Vanity Fair Fussell turns his sharp eye and even sharper wit to the standardized dress... --Time Out New York ...very smart, very funny... --Malcolm Jones Newsweek Perfect holiday gift for anyone who wears clothes -- and one size fits all. --James A Butler The Philadelphia Inquirer --

Uniforms is revelatory, ribald. and irresistible

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Paul Fussell is the author of, among other works, Class and The Great War and Modern Memory, which won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named by the Modern Library as one of the twentieth century's one hundred best nonfiction books. He lives in Philadelphia.

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