Readership: Economic, social, business, and fashion historians; museum curators; anyone interested in costume and theatre
Giorgio Riello, Research Officer in Global History, London School of Economics
"This valuable book is exemplary, illuminating not just the history of shoes between producers and users but also the history of many important economic patterns from the Restoration through to the Victorian period." - Lawrence E. Klein, English Historical Review
"impressive and scholarly study ... it is supported by an outstanding and invaluable range of research resources, with a bibliography running to thirty-eight pages that justifies a purchase on this ground alone." - Penelope Alfrey, Journal of Design History
"This wittily written account of the cultural and economic history of shoes and footware is an imaginative account of the consumerist approach to socio-economic change... it contributes significantly to the debates about British economic development in the early industrial revolution." - Longman-History Today Book of the Year Awards 2007
1: Stepping In: Fashion and Footwear 2: Demand and Consumption 3: Innovation and Tradition 4: Shops and Shopping 5: Artisans and Guilds 6: Manufacturing and Subcontracting 7: Continental Competition 8: Towards Industrialization 9: Stepping Out: Conclusion
Volumes 1 to 13 in Pasold Studies in Textile History series may be ordered from
