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    Women from the Ankle Down: The Stories of Shoes and How They Define Us (Hardback) By (author) Rachelle Bergstein

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    Short Description for Women from the Ankle Down What is it about a pair of shoes that so enchants women of all ages, demographics, political affiliations, and style tribes? Part social history, part fashion record, part pop-culture celebration, this title intends to answer that question as it unfolds the story of shoes in the twentieth century.
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    Title
    Women from the Ankle Down
    Subtitle
    The Stories of Shoes and How They Define Us
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Rachelle Bergstein
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 304
    Width: 152 mm
    Height: 229 mm
    Thickness: 28 mm
    Weight: 454 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780061969614
    ISBN 10: 0061969613
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: ART023000
    BISAC category code: DES005000
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T1.3
    Dewey: 391.413
    Publisher
    HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Imprint name
    HarperCollins
    Publication date
    15 June 2012
    Publication City/Country
    New York, NY/US
    Review quote
    "A lively look at the history of stilettos, sneakers and sundry other leather- and rubber-soled objects of swoon."--Olivia Barker, "USA Today"
    Biographical note
    Rachelle Bergstein graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in English Literature at Vassar College. Upon graduation, she moved to Brooklyn where she worked as a cocktail waitress before setting into an entry-level job at a literary agency; she has worked in publishing for the past seven years. Women from the Ankle Down is her first book.
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    Featuring interviews with designers, historians, cultural experts and a cast of real-life characters, this history of shoes, which is also the story of women, combines the design innovations and social changes that footwear has had through the ages. 35,000 first printing.