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The story of costume, John Peacock

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Includes bibliographical references (page 48)

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The story of costume

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John Peacock

Introduction -- Ancient Egypt 2000 - 1200BC -- Ancient Crete 2000 - 1200BC and Ancient Greece 600 - 150BC -- Ancient Babylon 1200 - 500BC and Assyria and Persia 600 - 500BC -- Ancient Rome 100BC - AD500 and Byzantium 500BC - AD1200 -- After the Romans 500 - 1000 -- Into the Middle Ages 1000 - 1100 -- The flowering of the Middle Ages 1100 - 1200 --The Age of expansion 1200 - 1250 -- The Age of Invention 1250 - 1300 -- The time of the Black Death 1300 - 1350 -- The Age of Medieval Romance 1350 - 1400 -- The end of the Middle Ages 1400 - 1430 -- Into the Renaissance 1430 - 1465 -- The Age of Exploration 1465 - 1500 -- Glories of the Renaissance 1500 - 1525 -- The time of the Conquistadors 1525 - 1550 -- The beginnings of modern science 1550 - 1575 -- A golden age 1575 - 1600 -- The end of the Renaissance 1600 - 1625 -- The Colonial Era 1625 - 1650 -- From Puritan simplicity to lordly luxury 1650 - 1675 -- The beginnings of democracy 1675 - 1700 -- Towards enlightenment 1700 - 1725 -- The age of elegance 1725 - 1750 -- The last flowering of the aristocrats 1750 - 1775 -- Era of the American and French Revolutions 1775 - 1800 -- The Age of the Industrial Revolution 1800 - 1820 -- The Age of respectability 1820 - 1840 -- The Golden Age of the Railways 1840 - 1860 -- The rise of modern commerce 1860 - 1880 -- The Second Industrial Revolution 1880 - 1900 -- The twentieth century dawns 1900 - 1920 -- The twenties and thirties 1920 - 1935 -- The thirties and forties 1935 - 1950 -- The fifties and sixties 1950 - 1970 -- The seventies and eighties 1970 - 1985 -- Modern Times 1985 - present day -- The story of costume at-a-glance -- Further reading

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