An indispensable reference work…
Unique, comprehensive and definitive, the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion will be welcomed by students and scholars worldwide as the single most important point of reference for an area central to human history and cross-cultural understanding.
Unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage...
Offering 10 volumes (and 3.6 million words) of authoritative information, the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion is the largest reference source on dress and human adornment worldwide. It includes:
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in-depth, original articles on countries, themes, cultural groups, and types of dress
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special articles on sources and evidence for each major geographical area
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“snapshot” articles featuring illuminating examples and case studies
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invaluable bibliographies, and suggestions for further reading, for each article
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cross-references and an analytical cumulative index
800 specially-commissioned and signed articles by leading experts…
A major international effort, the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion brings together for the first time the work of over 800 renowned scholars from every part of the globe. All articles have been specially commissioned, and particular effort has been made to commission articles by indigenous scholars with in-depth local knowledge.
Individual volumes, each coordinated by a specialist Editor, provide wide-ranging coverage of dress and fashion in different regions: Africa * Latin America and the Caribbean * the US and Canada * South Asia and Southeast Asia * Central and Southwest Asia * East Asia * Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands * West Europe * East Europe, Russia and the Caucasus. In addition, a separate volume focuses on general perspectives on dress throughout the world.
Coverage from pre-history to the present day…The Encyclopedia includes contextual essays for each region which provide invaluable historical background from the earliest times, plus detailed, in-depth articles on dress and fashion from the nineteenth century to the present day on topics such as:
Including 3,000 images – many rare and previously unpublished – the Encyclopedia is also a rich visual resource.
How people worldwide, from the earliest times, have dressed and adorned themselves is central to human history. The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion will therefore be an indispensible resource for students and scholars in disciplines such as history, anthropology, cultural and media studies, religion, sociology, and politics - in addition to fashion.
Available from mid-2010 in print and online…
The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion will be published in a 10-volume print edition and online, as part of the new Berg Fashion Library, in 2010.
Print edition
10 volumes
210mm x 280mm
5760 pages
3,000 black and white images
SET ISBN 9781847881045
Price: TBA