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During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales.

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Introduction: Clothing and Nationalism Studies 1. Fashion as a Social Problem 2. The Tyranny of Queen Fashion 3. The Sumptuary Mentality 4. The Discovery of the Uniform 5. Absolutist National Uniforms 6. Democratic National Uniforms 7. Minimal National Uniforms 8. Folk Costumes as National Uniforms 9. National Fashionism: Queen Fashion as Patriot 10. Haute Couture and National Textiles

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Alexander Maxwell is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He has written Choosing Slovakia (2009), translated Jan Kollár´s Reciprocity (2009) and edited The East-West Discourse (2010). He has published on nationalism theory, Habsburg History, and teaching pedagogy.

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