Survey of Historic Costume-text Only (5TH 10 Edition)

- The Ancient Middle East 3500-600 B.C.

- Crete and Greece c. 2900-300 B.C.

- Etruria and Rome c. 800 B.C.-A.D. 400

- The Early Middle Ages c. 300-1300

- The Late Middle Ages c. 1300-1500

- The Italian Renaissance c. 1400-1600

- The Northern Renaissance c. 1500-1600

- The Seventeenth Century 1600-1700

- The Eighteenth Century 1700-1800

- The Directoire Period and the Empire Period 1790-1820

- The Romantic Period 1820-1850

- The Crinoline Period 1850-1869

- The Bustle Period and Nineties 1870-1900

- The Edwardian Period and World War I 1900-1920

- The Twenties, Thirties, and World War II 1920-1947

- The New Look and Beyond 1947-1960

- The Sixties and Seventies: Style Tribes Emerge 1960-1980

- The Eighties and Nineties: Affluence and Information

- The 21st Century: The New Millennium

- Over 500 four-color photographs and illustrations

- Updated text to 2008

- Additional influences from one period or civilization to another, including influences from other cultures

- Index - updated and organized to be utilized as glossary with terms defined and page numbers printed in boldface

- Instructor's Guide provides sources for visuals, websites, teaching strategies and evaluation techniques

- PowerPoint Presentation contains interactive visual presentation with links to Internet

Updated and redesigned with full-color illustrations, this authoritative text on costume history provides a complete chronology of Western dress that discusses the fashion of each era within its historical, cultural, and economic contexts.