02095nam a22003494a 4500 ebr10048947 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 010522s2002 caua sb s001 0 eng 2001003099 0520214935 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)52842830 GT733 .K83 2002eb 391/.1/0942 21 Kuchta, David, 1960- The three-piece suit and modern masculinity [electronic resource] : England, 1550-1850 / David Kuchta. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. x, 301 p. : ill. Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47 Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral). Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-293) and index. Conspicuous constructions -- The old sartorial regime, 1550-1688 -- "Apparel oft proclaims the man" -- The crown proclaims the apparel -- Court capitalism -- Religious conformity to fashion -- The seventeenth-century fashion crisis -- "The mode is a tyrant" -- "A tailor made thee" -- "Popery and foppery" -- The moral economy of mercantilism -- The three-piece suit -- Masculinity in the "Age of Chivalry," 1688-1832 -- "the manners of a republic" -- Gentlemanly capitalism -- Sublime masculinity -- The feminization of fashion -- The making of the self-made man, 1750-1850 -- "Character is power" -- The language of capital -- "The great masculine renunciation." Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Men's clothing England History. Masculinity History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies on the history of society and culture ; 47. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10048947 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 77240 77240