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H I S T O R Y
Fashion, Costume, and
Culture: Clothing, Headwear,
Body Decorations, and
Footwear Through the Ages,
2nd Edition
6 Volume Set
Pub Date 2013
ISBN 9781414498416
$473.00
eISBN 9781414498485
$494.30
With typical U•X•L high quality, U•X•L's Fashion, Costume,
and Culture provides facts and information about the
cultural, religious, and social implications of human
decoration and adornment throughout history, with a
particular emphasis on the decades of the 20th century. In
500 entries, detailed information about clothing, hairstyles,
tattoos, jewelry, body piercing, foot binding, and other types
of fashion or style is examined. Additionally, entries explain
the fashion or style within the context of the traditions,
customs, rituals, or practices it relates to, as well as its
significance to society or culture.
H I S T O R Y
St. James Encyclopedia
of Popular Culture,
2nd Edition
5 Volume Set
Pub Date 2013
ISBN 9781558628472
$842.00
eISBN 9781558628533
$1052.60
This edition updates the popular
set to include pop culture through 2010, ranging from fast
food and fitness fads to political events and literary genres.
With its emphasis on ideas, people, events and products
that symbolize America, this is a cross-curriculum resource
that will find use among a wide variety of users. Major
topics include: television, movies, theater, art, books,
magazines, radio, music, sports, fashion, health, politics,
trends, community life and advertising.
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N E W T I T L E S
Popsicles
Next time you get a frozen treat from
the neighborhood ice cream truck,
shout out, "I'll take an Epsicle" and see
if anyone catches on. Did you know the
very first "icy treat on a stick" was in
fact called the Epsicle. It was named
in 1924 by Frank Epperson who was
a powdered lemonade vendor in
California. He in turn sold his patent
to the Joe Lowe Corporation, which
became Popsicle Industries and the
name for which we all know this
tasty treat by.
— St. James Encyclopedia of Pop
Culture, 2nd Edition, Volume 4
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Next time you slip on your
Birkenstocks consider their history…
Designed in Germany, Birkenstocks, named after Karl Birkenstock, were first
introduced in the United States in the late 1960s by Margot Fraser, who had
moved to the United States from Germany. Since Birkenstocks was considered
an unconventional shoe, Fraser turned to health food stores to sell the shoes.
The trend caught on and soon Birkenstocks became so popular during the
late 1960s and 1970s that specialty shoe stores began to sell them, too. They
immediately became identified with a youthful generation who preferred
natural and comfortable clothing to the more restrictive fashions of their
parents. During the conservative 1980s the shoes lost their popularity, but by
the 1990s they came back more successfully than ever. Though thousands of
people buy and wear Birkenstocks, they're still seen as the shoes of social
rebels or political radicals. In fact "Birkenstock-wearing" is an adjective
regularly used to describe environmental activists or those who support
other social causes, usually by those who disagree with them.
— Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations,
and Footwear Through the Ages, 2nd Edition, Volume 1
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