Thomas Turner

The Sports Shoe (eBook, PDF)

A History from Field to Fashion

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Meticulously researched and beautifully produced." Times Literary Supplement
"A big and beautiful book." Journal of British Studies
"A definitive history of the sports shoe." Amber Butchart, fashion historian
"A necessary book [and] a great read." Samuel Smallidge, Archivist, Converse
"Both educational and entertaining." Scene Point Blank

The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond.

Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the sneaker of today, to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max. Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture, or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474281805
• Artikelnr.: 54949877

Autorenporträt

Thomas Turner is a historian, writing and working in London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Lawn tennis and the origins of the modern sports shoe 2. Sports style, youth, and modernity 3. The sports shoe reborn 4. Skateboarding and the reimagined sports shoe 5. Sneakers, basketball, and hip hop 6. Trainers on the soccer terraces 7. Globalized production, athleisure, and the postmodern sports shoe Conclusion List of Illustrations Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

Part of the charm of this meticulously researched and beautifully produced book is that, for many of us, our first sports shoes carry the same kind of emotional charges as our first movies or our first records. Times Literary Supplement