Kuchta, David,  1960- <br/><br/>
The three-piece suit and modern masculinity  England, 1550-1850 /  [electronic resource] : 
David Kuchta. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2002. 
 - x, 301 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies on the history of society and culture ;  47 .
 - Studies on the history of society and culture ;  47. .
<br/><br/> Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-293) and index. 
<br/><br/>Conspicuous constructions -- The old sartorial regime, 1550-1688 -- "Apparel oft proclaims the man" -- The crown proclaims the apparel -- Court capitalism -- Religious conformity to fashion -- The seventeenth-century fashion crisis -- "The mode is a tyrant" -- "A tailor made thee" -- "Popery and foppery" -- The moral economy of mercantilism -- The three-piece suit -- Masculinity in the "Age of Chivalry," 1688-1832 -- "the manners of a republic" -- Gentlemanly capitalism -- Sublime masculinity -- The feminization of fashion -- The making of the self-made man, 1750-1850 -- "Character is power" -- The language of capital -- "The great masculine renunciation." 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Men's clothing--History.--England<br/>Masculinity--History.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GT733  / .K83 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>391/.1/0942