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When the girls came out to play : the birth of American sportswear /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warner, Patricia Campbell, 1936- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • pt. 1. The influence of fashion
  • Introduction : Public clothing for outdoor play
  • ch. 1. Factors of change
  • ch. 2. Women move out-of-doors : croquet and skating
  • ch. 3. Taking up tennis
  • ch. 4. Bathing and swimming : seeking a "sensible costume"
  • ch. 5. Women enter the Olympics : a sleeker swimsuit
  • ch. 6. Bicycling and the bloomer
  • pt. 2. The influence of education
  • Introduction : Private clothing for physical education
  • ch. 7. Trouser wearing : early influences
  • ch. 8. The rise of interest in exercise for women
  • ch. 9. Innovation at Wellesley : a uniform for crew
  • ch. 10. The debut of the gym suit
  • ch. 11. Taking exercise clothes to new places : women biologists at Woods Hole
  • ch. 12. The merging of public and private : sportswear and the American style
  • Notes
  • Index.