Shoes: An Illustrated History

Shawcross, who is curator of the shoe collection at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, presents an illustrated history of shoes, focusing on the Middle Ages to the present. She describes developments in style and technology and the political, social, and economic events that have influenced shoe design, detailing the origins of shoes, mechanization of the shoe industry, and types of shoes and designers in each era. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)