Artifacts from American Fashion

Clothing and fashion accessories can serve as valuable primary sources for learning about our history. This unique book examines daily life in twentieth-century America through the lens of fashion and clothing. • Provides readers with an understanding of American history through artifacts of clothing • Offers readers the option to read self-contained entries individually or in chronological order for a unique perspective of a given decade from multiple points of view • Shows how clothing can be used as an educational tool to understand the real-life experiences of peoples of the past • Presents hard facts and information on complex topics like war and politics, as well as entertainment histories • Ties large historical events and movements to individuals living in those times, both famous and "everyday"