Staymakers of London. Production, consumption and body transformation, 1680-1810
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- Author(s) Sorge-English, Lynn M
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2008
- Publisher Oxford Brookes University
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Women in business
- Name Worker / employee & work, women alone
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
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Library:
- Name Oxford Brookes University Library
- City Oxford
- County Oxfordshire
- Country England
- Postcode OX3 0BP
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Deals with the little studied staymakers trade, especially in London, covering production, consumption and cultural issues including the separation of staymaking from tailoring, the gender differentiation of staymakers from the late 18th century, stays-wearing through the life cycle, staymakers' client relationships, the masculinization and feminization of stays-design, etc