3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Prehistory to 1500CE. Prehistoric clothing / Christel Baldia -- Egyptian clothing / Katherine Eaton -- Persian clothing / Sara M. Harvey -- Greek clothing / Jennifer Chi and Larissa Bonfante -- Etruscan and Roman clothing / Larissa Bonfante and Jennifer Chi -- Byzantine clothing / Jennifer Ball -- Medieval clothing / Marie Botkin.

v. 2. 1501-1800. The Italian Renaissance / Isabella Campagnol Fabretti -- The northern Renaissance / Sara M. Harvey -- North American colonial costume / Suzanne Buchanan -- Clothing in Edo Japan / Mary Pluckhahn Masilamani -- Clothing in Mughal India / Mary Pluckhahn Masilamani -- Korean clothing / Aleasha McCallion -- Clothing in Latin America / Karrie Porter Brace -- The eighteenth century / Jennifer Grayer Moore.

v. 3. 1801 to the present. The nineteenth century / Sara M. Harvey -- 1900-1918 / Ellen Hymowitz -- The twenties / Ellen Hymowitz -- The thirties / Ellen Hymowitz -- The forties / Ellen Hymowitz -- The fifties / Ellen Hymowitz -- The sixties / Sara M. Harvey -- The seventies / Sara M. Harvey -- The eighties / Jennifer Grayer Moore -- The nineties / Jennifer Grayer Moore -- 2000-present / Jennifer Grayer Moore.

Clothing and dress -- History -- Encyclopedias.

Condra, Jill, 1968-

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