Speaking of Yangzhou : a Chinese City 1550 - 1850 by Finnane, Antonia - 2004

Columbia University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Columbia University Press, 2008-01-17. Hardcover. Used: Good.

2023. Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. Historians have long regarded fashion as something peculiarly Western. In this surprising, sumptuously illustrated book, Antonia Finnane challenges this view, which she argues is based on nineteenth- and twentieth-century representations of Chinese dress as traditional and unchanging. Fashions, she shows, were part of Chinese life in the late imperial era, even if a fashion industry was not then apparent. In the early twentieth century the key features of modern fashion became evident, particularly in Shanghai, and rapidly changing dress styles showed the effects. The volatility of Chinese dress throughout the twentieth century matched vicissitudes in national politics. Finnane describes in detail how the close-fitting jacket and high collar of the 1911 Revolutionary period, the skirt and jacket-blouse of the May Fourth era, and the military style popular in the Cultural Revolution gave way finally to the variegated, globalized wardrobe of today. She brilliantly connects… Read More

New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2008-01-24. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st print (full # line), text looks new and unread with bright white pages, very tight clean and unmarked, boards likewise clean & undamaged, dust jacket shows ordinary mild shelf wear.

Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paperback. New. 376 pages. 8.98x5.98x0.83 inches.

Melbourne.: University of Melbourne Library.. 2000.. Black and white photographic illustrations, unpaginated, stapled pictorial wrappers. 30 x 21cm. Some pencil marks, otherwise a good copy. .

Cambridge University Press, 2023. Paperback. New. 376 pages. 8.98x5.98x0.83 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The founding of the PRC in 1949 resulted in the transformation of clothing in China. This pioneering history of clothing production in the years 1949–76 focuses on what clothes were made, how, and by whom. Richly illustrated and engagingly written, it offers new insights into how the land of the blue gown became the land of the Mao suit.

Hardback. New.