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Survey of Historic Costume, 5th Edition with Free Student Study Guide

Keith Eubank and Phyllis G. Tortora
  • ©2009
  • 704 Pages
  • full color | hardcover | 8.5 x 11 | with free Study Guide
  • 978-1-60901-230-4
$119.50
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Survey of Historic Costume, 5th Edition, which now includes a free student Study Guide, presents a thorough overview of Western dress from the ancient world to the trends of today. Each chapter presents social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on clothing. With visuals, illustrated tables, and in-depth discussions, readers come to recognize recurring themes and concepts and understand the role of dress from a diverse, global perspective. This book is perfect for students, instructors, fashion industry professionals, and anyone interested in historic costume, fashion, art, and design.

The Study Guide is designed to guide students through each chapter of the text and help them identify and synthesize core information. With its emphasis on the text and flexibility to be adapted to different course structures and methods, this resource is a valuable tool for instructors as well as students. For every chapter, the Study Guide includes concise Historical Snapshots to situate students in time; "At a Glance" tables summarizing of key information about dress from the time period covered by each chapter; space to take notes about major content and themes; questions to help students identify this information in the text; activities in which students must sketch or describe key styles; and further review questions. The Study Guide also provides students with a complete glossary of key terms used throughout the text.
New to This Edition
  • More than 1,000 full-color photographs and illustrations
  • All-new illustrated decorative arts tables and timelines highlighting the importance of history to costume
  • "Modern Influences" section at the end of each chapter comparing dress today with earlier periods
  • Updated color illustrations in the Visual Summary Tables serving as a clear, quick reference for each chapter
  • Extensive bibliographies, selected readings, and a revised index featuring key terms in bold for use as a glossary

Student Resources
  • Study Guide leads students through each chapter and helps them identify and synthesize core information. With its emphasis on the text and with a flexibility that allows it to be adapted to different course structures and methods, this resource is a valuable tool for both instructors and students

Instructors Resources
  • Instructor's Guide
  • PowerPoint® Presentation
  • Introduction

The Ancient World c. 3000 bc—ad 300
  • The Ancient Middle East c. 3500—600 bc
  • Crete and Greece c. 2900—300 bc
  • Etruria and Rome c. 800 bc—ad 400

The Middle Ages c. 300—1500
  • The Early Middle Ages c. 300—1300
  • The Late Middle Ages c. 1300—1500
  • The Renaissance c. 1400—1600
  • The Italian Renaissance c. 1400—1600
  • The Northern Renaissance c. 1500—1600

Baroque and Rococo c. 1600—1800
  • The Seventeenth Century 1600—1700
  • The Eighteenth Century 1700—1790

The Nineteenth Century 1800—1900
  • The Directoire Period and the Empire Period 1790—1820
  • The Romantic Period 1820—1850
  • The Crinoline Period 1850—1869
  • The Bustle Period and the Nineties 1870—1900

From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century 1900—2008
  • The Edwardian Period and World War I 1900—1920
  • The Twenties, Thirties, and World War II 1920—1947
  • The New Look: Fashion Conformity Prevails 1947—1960
  • The Sixties and Seventies: Style Tribes Emerge 1960—1980
  • The Eighties, the Nineties, and the Twenty-First Century 1980—2008

Instructors and Students:

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Keith Eubank is a Professor Emeritus of history at Queens College, CUNY. He had previously been the chairman of the History Department and was also part of the doctoral faculty in History at CUNY. Eubank maintains scholarly affiliations with the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association.
Phyllis G. Tortora is a Professor Emerita at Queens College, where she was Department Chair for 17 years, teaching historic costume and furnishings, and textiles. She has also served as a consultant to the Historic Costume Collection of the Huntington Historical Society. Her professional memberships include the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) and the Costume Society of America (CSA). She has been awarded Fellow Membership in ITAA.

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