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02230aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 DA01BAC6370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170325t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1780238347 020 $a 9781780238340 035 $a (OCoLC)979568405 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d ERASA $d CDX $d OCLCF $d VP@ $d NYP $d BKL $d OCL $d SILO 050 4 $a GT2130 S386 2017 100 1 $a Semmelhack, Elizabeth, $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a Shoes : $b the meaning of style / $c Elizabeth Semmelhack. 246 30 $a Shoes, the meaning of style 264 1 $a London, UK : $b Reaktion Books Ltd, $c 2017. 300 $a 368 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-359) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Sandals : eccentricity -- Boots : inclusivity -- High heels : instability -- Sneakers : exclusivity -- Conclusion. 520 8 $a "We all make choices every day about which shoes to wear, but why do we choose the shoes we do? Today, buying, wearing and collecting shoes is for many of us a habit that borders on a fetish. Even those of us who consider shoes to be trivial are aware of how the wrong choice of footwear can have dire social consequences. This book explores the history of shoes and how different types of footwear have come to mean different things about the people who wear them. Organized around four main types - boots, sneakers, high heels and sandals - this book explains their origins, the impact of technology on how shoes are produced and worn, their designs and how they have come to have social meaning far beyond their use to protect the foot. Along the way Elizabeth Semmelhack reveals the anecdotes and scandals, successes and failures, dislikes and obsessions of the makers, wearers and observers who helped to create the movements and fashions of footwear."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Footwear. 650 0 $a Shoes $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Shoes $x History. 650 0 $a Illustrated books. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180502011934.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA01BAC6370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search