What People Wore in Early America: Clothing, Costumes, and Uniforms Throughout American History

Although the early Americans began their new lives dressed as British subjects, the realities of life in their new home quickly reshaped what the colonists wore, creating an early difference between the colonists and the British subjects in England. Chronicling changing clothing norms, as well as the clothing worn by the Native Americans, this books paints a vivid picture of life in the new land that was to become America.