Enterprise and Society Advance Access originally published online on March 24, 2008
Enterprise and Society 2008 9(1):231-232; doi:10.1093/es/khn008
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James Sullivan. Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon
New York: Gotham Books, 2006. ix + 303 pp. ISBN 1-592-40214-3, $26.00 (cloth)
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How is it that jeans evolved from durable work clothes into a global symbol of America? James Sullivan's new work surveys the history of denim wear, showing how "... a pair of blue jeans embodies two centuries
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona