Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages, Volume 2: Early Cultures Across the Globe

For assignments requiring research on cultures and customs, fashion and costume information through the eras is frequently needed by middle school students. U - X - L 's "Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages" has all the answers in a comprehensive, chronologically based, affordably priced, four color, 5-vol. set. With typical U - X - L high quality, "Fashion, Costume, and Culture" provides facts and information about the cultural, religious and social implications of human decoration and adornment throughout history, with a particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century. In 500 entries, detailed information about clothing, hairstyles, tattoos, jewelry, body piercing, feet binding and other types of fashion or style is examined. Additionally, entries explain the fashion or style within the context of the traditions, customs, rituals or practices it relates to, as well as its significance to society or culture. Entries follow a standardized format to ensure that students can easily do comparisons. Arranged chronologically, each era, century or decade begins with a short synopsis of the historical highlights. With further division of the information by region, similar nations, countries and cultures are presented together and include an overview broken up with numerous subheads leading students directly to the information they need. For additional ease-of-use, information on specific fashion items and the country or culture that used them is divided into four main topics areas including: Clothing Footwear Hairstyles and headgear Body decoration To ensure relevancy for student research needs, entries were selected based on middle school curriculum, as well as their importance to a particular culture or country. Additionally, "Fashion, Costume, and Culture" is written at a seventh-grade reading level with difficult terms or concepts explained in each entry. Features include 400 color and black-and-white photos and illustrations; a timeline; words-to-know section; sidebars with related information; sources for further reading; an index; and more. ANCIENT EGYPT......Page 4 MESOPOTAMIA......Page 5 ANCIENT GREECE......Page 6 ANCIENT ROME......Page 7 EARLY ASIAN CULTURES......Page 8 NOMADS AND BARBARIANS......Page 9 OCEANIA......Page 10 MAYANS, AZTECS, AND INCAS......Page 11 AFRICAN CULTURES......Page 12 THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY......Page 13 THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY......Page 14 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY......Page 15 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 16 1900–18......Page 17 1919–29......Page 18 1930–45......Page 19 1961–79......Page 21 1980–2003......Page 23 Entries by Alphabetical Order......Page 25 Entries by Topic Category......Page 38 Reader’s Guide......Page 49 Contributors......Page 53 Timeline......Page 55 Words to Know......Page 62 Volume 5: Modern World - Part II: 1946-2003......Page 0 Volume 2: Early Cultures Across the Globe......Page 2 EARLY ASIAN CULTURES......Page 67 Samurai (box)......Page 70 Clothing......Page 73 Headwear......Page 96 Body Decorations......Page 99 Footwear......Page 107 THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE......Page 114 Clothing......Page 119 Headwear......Page 125 Body Decorations......Page 127 Footwear......Page 130 NOMADS AND BARBARIANS......Page 131 Vikings: The Last Barbarians (box)......Page 134 Clothing......Page 136 Headwear......Page 139 Body Decorations......Page 141 Footwear......Page 143 EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES......Page 145 Clothing......Page 150 Headwear......Page 164 Body Decorations......Page 174 Footwear......Page 177 DISCOVERED PEOPLES......Page 181 OCEANIA: Island Culture......Page 185 Clothing......Page 188 Headwear......Page 191 Body Decorations......Page 193 Footwear......Page 198 NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES......Page 199 Clothing......Page 204 Headwear......Page 215 Body Decorations......Page 223 Footwear......Page 231 MAYANS, AZTECS, AND INCAS......Page 234 Clothing......Page 237 Headwear......Page 242 Body Decorations......Page 244 Footwear......Page 248 Africa: From the Birth of Civilization......Page 250 Adoption of Western Dress (box)......Page 254 Clothing......Page 256 Headwear......Page 271 Body Decorations......Page 275 Footwear......Page 285 Where to Learn More......Page 286 Index......Page 289 Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs v. 1. The ancient world v. 2. Early cultures across the globe v. 3. European culture from the Renaissance to the modern era v. 4. Modern world part I: 1900-1945 v. 5. Modern world part II: 1946-2003 Electronic version of Fashion, costume, and culture. Detroit : UXL, 2004. 5 v.