How to Make a Mao Suit: Clothing the People of Communist China, 1949-1976

by Antonia Finnane

Book Overview

When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, new clothing protocols for state employees resulted in far-reaching changes in what people wore. In a pioneering history of dress in the Mao years (1949-1976), Antonia Finnane traces the transformation, using industry archives and personal stories to reveal a clothing regime pivoted on the so-called 'Mao suit'. The time of the Mao suit was the time of sewing schools and sewing machines, pattern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009359991
• ISBN13: 9781009359993
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"