Shoes reveal the hopes, dreams, and disappointments of the early Americans who wore them.
Honorable Mention of the Historic New England Book Prize by Historic New England
In Treasures Afoot, Kimberly S. Alexander introduces readers to the history of the Georgian shoe. Presenting a series of stories that reveal how shoes were made, sold, and worn during the long eighteenth century, Alexander traces the fortunes and misfortunes of wearers as their footwear was altered to accommodate poor health, flagging finances, and changing styles. She explores the lives and letters of clever apprentices, skilled cordwainers, wealthy merchants, and elegant brides, taking readers on a colorful journey from bustling London streets into ship cargo holds, New England shops, and, ultimately, to the homes of eager consumers.
We trek to the rugged Maine frontier in the 1740s, where an aspiring lady promenades in her London-made silk brocade pumps; sail to London in 1765 to listen in as Benjamin Franklin and John Hose caution Parliament on the catastrophic effects of British taxes on the shoe trade; move to Philadelphia in 1775 as John Hancock presides over the Second Continental Congress while still finding time to order shoes and stockings for his fiancйe's trousseau; and travel to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1789 to peer in on Sally Brewster Gerrish as she accompanies President George Washington to a dance wearing a brocaded silk buckle shoe featuring a cream ground and metallic threads.
Interweaving biography and material culture with full-color photographs, this fascinating book raises a number of fresh questions about everyday life in early America: What did eighteenth-century British Americans value? How did they present themselves? And how did these fashionable shoes reveal their hopes and dreams? Examining shoes that have been preserved in local, regional, and national collections, Treasures Afoot demonstrates how footwear captures an important moment in American history while revealing a burgeoning American identity.
Автор: Swindells, Julia; Francis Taylor, David Название: The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832 ISBN: 0198816456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198816454 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 40120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832 provides a comprehensive guide to theatre of the Georgian era across the range of dramatic forms.
Автор: Parissien, Steven (dean Of Arts University Of Plym Название: Georgian group book of the georgian house ISBN: 1845133471 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781845133474 Издательство: Aurum Press Рейтинг: Цена: 19800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: * The complete guide for owners and occupiers of houses dating from the classic period of British domestic architecture * Sets the houses in their historical context and explains how their original owners would have used the different rooms * Provides a wealth of advice on maintenance, restoration and sympathetic modernisation, with the emphasis on the use of authentic materials and techniques
Автор: Major Joanne Название: All Things Georgian ISBN: 1526744619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526744616 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 30800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Take a romp through the long eighteenth-century in this collection of 25 short tales.
Автор: Spooner Sarah Название: Regions and Designed Landscapes in Georgian England ISBN: 1138852813 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138852815 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 158230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The approach taken in this book blends landscape and garden history to make new insights into landscape and design in the eighteenth century.
Автор: Hill Название: Georgian Lincoln ISBN: 0521079241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521079242 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 40130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sir Francis Hill continues in this volume his majestic history of his native city. This third volume, first published in 1966, covers the period of the industrial revolution and parliamentary reform, the time of` the Napoleonic war and the post-war depression.
Название: Restoration and georgian england 1660-1788 ISBN: 052110081X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521100816 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 50680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is the first volume in the series Theatre in Europe: a documentary history. The authors have compiled a documentary account of the theatre in Britain during the Restoration and Georgian period, which covers some 120 years of theatrical activity.
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