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- Dress accessories--Great Britain--History--19th century
- Dress accessories--Great Britain--History--18th century
- Dress accessories--Great Britain--History--17th century
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--17th century
- Women's clothing--Great Britain--History--17th century
- Pockets--History
- Women's clothing--Great Britain--History--19th century
- Women's clothing--Great Britain--History--18th century
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Title Statement | The pocket: a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 / Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 |
Author | Burman, Barbara |
Additional Contributors | Fennetaux, Ariane |
Publication | New Haven: Yale University Press,2020.©2019 |
Extent of Item | 263 pages |
ISBN | 9780300253740 (pbk.) 0300253745 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3961306 |
Contents | Introduction. 'Small things forgotten' -- 'Work'd pockets to my intire sattisfaction' : making and getting pockets -- 'So many things' : pockets and the labours of consumption -- 'They say there is no bottom to them?' : pockets, possession and promise -- 'For the play and coach' : pockets, mobility and sociability -- 'I turn my hand to anything to get a penny' : pockets and work -- 'I always have the last sheet of my journal in my pocket' : pockets, privacy and memory -- 'This is the sort of pocket our great grandmothers used to wear' : the demise and afterlife of tie-on pockets. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-257) and index. |
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By Topic | Dress accessories--History--19th century--Great Britain |
Dress accessories--History--18th century--Great Britain | |
Dress accessories--History--17th century--Great Britain | |
Women--Social conditions--19th century--Great Britain | |
Women--Social conditions--18th century--Great Britain | |
Women--Social conditions--17th century--Great Britain | |
Women's clothing--History--17th century--Great Britain | |
Pockets--History | |
Women's clothing--History--19th century--Great Britain | |
Women's clothing--History--18th century--Great Britain |