The Clothing Trade in Provincial England, 1800-1850 (Perspectives in Economic and Social History)

by Alison Toplis (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $160.92

  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.