The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800–1850

The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800–1850
ISBN-10
131732305X
ISBN-13
9781317323051
Category
History
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2015-10-06
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Alison Toplis

Description

This detailed study is the first exploration of rural consumption of clothing in early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on evidence from a range of sources including newspapers, trade directories, court records, visual sources and surviving garments, Toplis investigates how the apparel of the mass of the British population was acquired.

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