| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 292 pages) : illustrations |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Illustrations -- Preface -- pt. 1. The influence of fashion -- Introduction : Public clothing for outdoor play -- ch. 1. Factors of change -- ch. 2. Women move out-of-doors : croquet and skating -- ch. 3. Taking up tennis -- ch. 4. Bathing and swimming : seeking a "sensible costume" -- ch. 5. Women enter the Olympics : a sleeker swimsuit -- ch. 6. Bicycling and the bloomer -- pt. 2. The influence of education -- Introduction : Private clothing for physical education -- ch. 7. Trouser wearing : early influences -- ch. 8. The rise of interest in exercise for women -- ch. 9. Innovation at Wellesley : a uniform for crew -- ch. 10. The debut of the gym suit -- ch. 11. Taking exercise clothes to new places : women biologists at Woods Hole -- ch. 12. The merging of public and private : sportswear and the American style -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
Presenting a study of the evolution of American women's clothing, this book traces the history of modern sportswear as a universal style that broke down traditional gender roles. It shows that behind this development was a growing interest in sports that was nurtured by the establishment of schools of higher education for women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sport clothes for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Sports for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Sport clothes for women
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Sports for women
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Sportkleidung
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Frau
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006003037 |
| ISBN |
9781613761731 |
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1613761732 |
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1280950366 |
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9781280950360 |
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9786610950362 |
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6610950369 |
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1558495495 |
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9781558495494 |
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