Only the Clothes on Her Back. Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States, Paperback/***

Only the Clothes on Her Back illuminates the ways in which women, men of color, and poor people used textiles as a form of property that enabled them to gain access to the legal system and to exercise political power. Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Author(s): Laura F. (Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor of American Law and Liberty, Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor of American Law and Liberty, Princeton University, USA) Edwards Illustration(s): 45 black and white halftones Number of pages: 456 Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 235 x 157 x 27 Cover type: Paperback / softback