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245 10 a| Pockets :b| an intimate history of how we keep things close /c| Hannah Carlson.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| Chapel Hill, North Carolina :b| Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,c| 2023.;

300 a| vii, 310 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-283) and index.;

505 00 t| Introduction --t| Pocket origins : "carried close and secret" --t| Pocket proliferation : housing "the workmanship of a hundred tradesmen" --t| Pocket attitudes : "but what do your hands do in your pocket?" --t| Pocket sexism : "why we oppose pockets for women" --t| Pocket inventories : "not a penny was there in it" --t| Pocket play: designing for "doubly decorative value" --t| Pocket utopias : dreaming of a pocketless world.;

520 a| "A social and design history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today, that uncovers what pockets reveal about us, our place in society, and how we move through the world"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| Why do men's clothes have so many pockets and women's so few? Why are the pockets on women's clothes too small to be practical-- if they open at all? Carlson examines issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power and privilege-- all tucked inside our pockets. This takes a look at the social- and design-history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today. Will we still want pockets in the future when our clothes contain "smart" textiles that incorporate our IDs and credit cards? -- Adapted from jacket;

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Pockets : an intimate history of how we keep things close / Hannah Carlson.

Author/creator	Carlson, Hannah author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.
Description	vii, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects	Pockets--History. Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

Contents	Introduction -- Pocket origins : "carried close and secret" -- Pocket proliferation : housing "the workmanship of a hundred tradesmen" -- Pocket attitudes : "but what do your hands do in your pocket?" -- Pocket sexism : "why we oppose pockets for women" -- Pocket inventories : "not a penny was there in it" -- Pocket play: designing for "doubly decorative value" -- Pocket utopias : dreaming of a pocketless world.
Abstract	"A social and design history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today, that uncovers what pockets reveal about us, our place in society, and how we move through the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	Why do men's clothes have so many pockets and women's so few? Why are the pockets on women's clothes too small to be practical-- if they open at all? Carlson examines issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power and privilege-- all tucked inside our pockets. This takes a look at the social- and design-history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today. Will we still want pockets in the future when our clothes contain "smart" textiles that incorporate our IDs and credit cards? -- Adapted from jacket
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-283) and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Carlson, Hannah (Historian). Pockets. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2023] 9781643755489
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2023006501
ISBN	9781643751542 (hardcover)
ISBN	1643751549 (hardcover)
ISBN	(Ebook)

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