[PDF.27oo] Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation

Based largely on nineteenth and twentieth-century representations of Chinese dress as traditional and unchanging, historians have long regarded fashion as something peculiarly Western. But in this surprising, sumptuously illustrated book, Antonia Finnane proves that vibrant fashions were a vital part of Chinese life in the late imperial era, when well-to-do men and women showed a keen awareness of what was up-to-date.

Though foreigners who traveled to China...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation   |  Antonia Finnane. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.