Details

Description

xvii, 359 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-342) and index.

Contents

Introduction: fashion, history, nation -- Ways of seeing -- Fashions in late imperial China -- Soldiers and citizens -- The fashion industry in Shanghai -- Qipao China -- Her brother's clothes -- The new look in the new China -- Dressed to kill in the Cultural Revolution -- Breaking with the past -- Conclusion: fashion, history, time.

Subject

Clothing and dress -- China -- History.

Fashion -- China -- History.

China -- Social life and customs.

ISBN

9780231143509 (cloth : alk. paper)

0231143508 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780231512732 (ebook)

0231512732 (ebook)