Patriots Against Fashion: Clothing and Nationalism in Europe's Age of Revolutions
During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales.
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Patriots Against Fashion: Clothing and Nationalism in Europe's Age of Revolutions
During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales.
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Patriots Against Fashion: Clothing and Nationalism in Europe's Age of Revolutions

Patriots Against Fashion: Clothing and Nationalism in Europe's Age of Revolutions

by A. Maxwell
Patriots Against Fashion: Clothing and Nationalism in Europe's Age of Revolutions

Patriots Against Fashion: Clothing and Nationalism in Europe's Age of Revolutions

by A. Maxwell

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During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137277145
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 08/05/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 311
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Alexander Maxwell is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He has written Choosing Slovakia (2009), translated Jan Kollár's Reciprocity (2009) and edited The East-West Discourse (2010). He has published on nationalism theory, Habsburg History, and teaching pedagogy.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Clothing and Nationalism Studies 1. Fashion as a Social Problem 2. The Tyranny of Queen Fashion 3. The Sumptuary Mentality 4. The Discovery of the Uniform 5. Absolutist National Uniforms 6. Democratic National Uniforms 7. Minimal National Uniforms 8. Folk Costumes as National Uniforms 9. National Fashionism: Queen Fashion as Patriot 10. Haute Couture and National Textiles
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