Jeans : a cultural history of an American icon / James Sullivan.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Sullivan, James, 1965 November 7-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Gotham Books, c2006.
Subjects:	Jeans (Clothing) > History.

Table of Contents:

The perfect fit
The sans-culottes: before the blue jean
Tug-of-war: "those pants of Levi's," and the competition
Dudes: selling the western frontier
Modern pioneers: at work and play
"A Hollywood-style tough": the 1950s and the fabrication f the teenager
Classlessness: the politics of fashion
After the gold rush: stylizing denim
The diffusion of glamour: designers in the mass market
"Thought abhors tights": sex in advertising
Hand-me-downs: vintage and reproduction
Wrapped in the flag: "America's gift" in the global era
Bottoms up: blue jeans at a premium
The process.