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Dress, Culture and Commerce

The English Clothing Trade before the Factory, 1660–1800

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  • © 1997

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  1. Beverly Lemire

    1. University of New Brunswick, Canada

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Dress, Culture and the English People

    • Beverly Lemire
    Pages 1-8

  3. Bobby Shafto’s Shirt and Britches: Contracted Clothing and the Transformation of the Trade

    • Beverly Lemire
    Pages 9-41

  4. Redressing the History of the Clothing Trade: Ready-Made Apparel, Guilds and Women Outworkers, 1650–1800

    • Beverly Lemire
    Pages 43-74

  5. Margins and Mainstream: Jews in the English Clothing Trades

    • Beverly Lemire
    Pages 75-94

  6. Disorderly Women and the Consumer Market: Women’s Work and the Second-Hand Clothing Trade

    • Beverly Lemire
    Pages 95-120

  7. The Theft of Clothes and Popular Consumerism

    • Beverly Lemire
    Pages 121-146

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 147-224
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About this book

This work examines a trade that covered the backs of sailors and soldiers, that shirted labouring men and skirted working women, that employed legions of needlewomen and supplied retailers with new consumer wares. Garments, once bought, returned again to the marketplace, circulating like a currency and bolstering demand. The agents in this trade included military contractors for clothing, female outworkers and dealers in used clothes. Each was affected by a changing demand for new-styled 'luxuries' and necessities in apparel.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of New Brunswick, Canada

    Beverly Lemire

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Beverly Lemire

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dress, Culture and Commerce

  • Book Subtitle: The English Clothing Trade before the Factory, 1660–1800

  • Authors: Beverly Lemire

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230372757

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Beverly Lemire 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-16404-1Published: 14 March 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-39668-9Published: 14 March 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37275-7Published: 15 January 1997

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Early Modern Europe, Modern History, Industries, Social History

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