'Had on When She Went Away . . .': Expanding the Usefulness of Garment Data in American Runaway Advertisements 1750-90 through Database Analysis.

Newspaper runaway advertisements are one of the best sources of information on American women's working-class dress, but have only been minimally analysed in quantity. This article presents a project in which the notices of 900 women's elopements and their 5,600 garments have been catalogued in a re...

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Publicado en:	Textile History Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 80 - 103
Autor principal:	Fifield, Rebecca
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd May2011
Materias:	Women's clothing Working class women Runaways (People) Clothing & dress Newspaper advertising Databases History United States
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost