The Customs of New England (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Felt, Joseph B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330285778 ISBN 13 : 9781330285770

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how clothing, accessories, and appearance shaped life and identity in early New England.

In this engaging exploration, the book traces everyday dress as more than style. It shows how garments, headwear, patches, and mourning practices reflected society, beliefs, and personal choice in colonial America. Through historical glimpses and period remarks, you’ll see how attire governed social standing, modesty, and daily life in a new world.

Using vivid examples and careful context, the work reveals the practical and cultural roles of fashion—from caps and turbans to umbrellas and patches—and how these details helped people navigate community, status, and identity.

• Learn how modesty, status, and faith shaped what people wore.
• Explore the social meaning of specific items like caps, patches, and mourning dress.
• See how fashion reflected broader cultural and political changes in New England.
• Discover how daily choices in dress connected to identity and community life.

Ideal for readers of colonial history and social history, this edition offers a thoughtful look at how appearance influenced life in early America.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Various and multiplied are the gifts which have come down from the Father of lights, as our earthly portion. A mong these blessings, Curiosity, as the inlet of useful knowledge, entertainment, and edification, holds no low, no trivial rank. Such a faculty is privileged to open its perception on the wonders of the Universe, as well as on the inventions, discoveries, and productions of human genius. Particularly is it favored with looking back on the course of time, and holding communion with objects unseen by that view which is only directed to scenes and concerns of the passing age. Curiosity, thus employed, has the abundant materials of History gathering in its varied prospect, the more minutely it surveys and plies itself to the task of satisfying its increased and ardent desires. So indulged and so commendably occupied, it meets with topics which invariably hold its high estimation and share in its favorable attention, though they are familiar and at home with it, as friends of long intercourse and acquaintance.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330285778
• ISBN 13: 9781330285770
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 214
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