Shoes : a history from sandals to sneakers
2006
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Drawing on examples from Europe, America, Asia and Africa, this book presents a global history of shoes since the ancient times. It covers the erotics of ancient shoe lacing, medieval moral panics about long-toed shoes, the role of shoes in religious rituals, shoes in fairytales, shoes in arts, and more.
Main title:
Shoes : a history from sandals to sneakers / edited by Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil.
Imprint:
Oxford : Berg, 2006.
Collation:
439 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index.
ISBN:
9781845204433 (hbk)
Dewey class:
391.41309391.41309391.413
Local class:
391.41309746.9241
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
378995