Customer Reviews:
excellent reference on women's historical costuming.......2006-10-31
Excellent reference for illustrators and animators. However, "Costume in Detail" only covers women's costuming, which is unfortunate considering the attention the author paid to the material.
Costume in Detail: 1730-1930.......2006-08-11
I bought this as a gift but I want a copy for myself. Can I say better?
costume survey.......2006-07-05
the best of its kind. library copies constantly used by local stage costumers. a brilliant piece of work!
Very detailed.......2002-11-23
I would have loved to had seen the pieces of the garment drawn in their pattern shapes, but otherwise an excellent book with much detail written about each garment. Only other problem was that sometimes the writer's handwriting about the details on the drawings were a bit hard to decifer.
The BEST.......2002-09-19
Until this book dissapeared from my local library I must have borrowed it for over half its shelf life there, in all of 15 years this book has been THE reference for me, no mean feat to hold my attention since I was 11.
I love it because of the minute detail of the fabric patterns which although hard to find today similar items can be found for those wanting to recreate the dresses.
The value for money is unreproachable, you just have to buy this book. Thank the publishers for reprinting in the U.S and here in U.K !
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A must - have for the serious costumer........1996-12-24
This is a book that I have used pieces of for several years
via a costumers mag called, "Kosumekunde." The drawings
show details splendidly, just as the title suggests, and
covers many views or angles for better understanding of
construction and pattern techniques. There is a small
amount of text with each drawing, however, this is only a
recap of the pictures and consequently, not of much use
to me. If you are new to costume, I suggest you use this
book along with a good basic pattern guide to make better
use of the drawings. I have made costumes as a hobby
and business for 15 years and still find myself lingering
over Ms. Bradfields lovely illustrations. Inspiration for
new projects and new life for old ones keeps me coming back
for more. Costume in Detail is one of my most valued books!
Book Description
Although this brief edition is two-thirds the length of its full-length counterpart, it retains coverage of all major themes and provides a truly global perspective on world history, without over-emphasizing Europe or the U.S. The Earth and Its Peoples focuses on the interaction of human beings and the environment, using this central theme to compare different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is given to technology and how technological development underlies all human activity.
Ideal for one-semester survey courses or courses where instructors want to supplement their textbook with many primary sources, this text has been carefully abbreviated to maintain the essential narrative of world history. Specific areas of improved coverage are the early Americas, Russia, the Enlightenment, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Revolution. Structural updates include earlier coverage of the Americas and a chronologically organized section on the period from 1945 to the present.
- The new part openers include a brief narrative overview with a relief map and timeline that outline major historic events. The colors used in the timeline correlate to specific regions on the relief map so students can see both when and where an event occurred. All events shown on the timeline and map are discussed in-depth within the part.
- To increase student accessibility, the new brief edition now features a full-color design, which provides more effective maps and a colorful new part opener design.
Customer Reviews:
INTERESTING YET NOT COMPREHENSIVE........2003-12-19
Although this book discusses in depth,the effects of history,it is definately not for the average student! This study of world history goes above and beyond any average way of learning. If you are prepared for a challenge, then get ready to experience what will probably become the most fulfilling time of your life!
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Excellent, informative textbook.......2006-04-01
This textbook is a wonderful resource for anyone in a college level or AP world history class. Stemming from over 5000bce to 2000ce, this book covers most major historical events in stunning detail. The pictures and historical accounts are excellent parallels to the information contained in the text.
I highly recommend this textbook, it is a must for anyone studying world history in detail!
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Someday soon (if it has not happened already in secret), the first cloned human being will be born and mankind will embark on a scientific and moral journey whose destination cannot be foretold. In A Clone of Your Own?, Arlene Judith Klotzko describes the new world of possibilities that can be glimpsed over the horizon. In a lucid and engaging narrative, she explains that the technology to create clones of living beings already exists. inaugurated in 1996 by Dolly, the sheep, the first mammal clone formed from a single adult cell, Dolly was the culmination of a long scientific quest to understand the puzzle of our development from one cell into a complex organism--the outcome of a "fantastic experiment" envisioned six decades before her birth. The human fascination with cloning goes beyond science and its extraordinary medical implications. In riveting prose full of allusions to art, music, and theatre, Klotzko explains why the prospect of human cloning triggers our deepest hopes and our darkest fears and forces us to ponder what it would mean to have a "clone of our own." Readers interested in the legal and ethical ramifications of cloning and desirous of a clear explanation of the science involved will not want to be without A Clone of Your Own?. Arlene Judith Klotzko, a bioethicist and lawyer, is Writer in Residence at the Science Museum, London. She is also a Visiting Scholar in Bioethics at the Windeyer Institute, University College, London. She provides commentary on science, ethics and policy for television and radio in the U.S., UK and worldwide through Sky News, BBC World Television News, Bloomberg Television, Voice of America and the BBC World Service.
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The Other Side of the Story.......2006-11-14
I agree with many of the strengths mentioned in the above review written by "vikto_57". Unfortunately, however, weaknesses also abound in Klotzko's "A Clone of Your Own".
I found the chapter on stem cell research and therapeutic cloning to be unabashedly biased. Bias in the form of opinion is certainly warranted, but in a book that otherwise proclaims to be an even-handed exploration into the technology and implications of cloning, one would hope that her discussion on ethics would at least present accurate portrayals of both sides of the argument. This argument, which she surprisingly never addresses explicitly, is the question of when life begins (not, as Klotzko claims, the question of when a person becomes "morally significant" (83), which is an absurd concept perched precariously on the edge of the proverbial slippery slope). Even worse, she attempts to write off the validity of the pro-life position by incorrectly stating that it is held by a small minority. If this were the case, certainly there would be no need for her book in a society where "the great majority of the British and American public do not believe in the absolute sanctity of the early embryo" (84). Her condescension serves only to discount her, and as with any proponent of embryonic stem cell research I have encountered to date, her argument is faulty and incomplete at best. Arbitrarily assigned personhood does not flawless logic make.
To fill in the gaps that Klotzko left her audience with, I will briefly state the pro-life position on these issues. Personhood is consigned at the very moment a unique individual exists who was not in existence seconds earlier. This moment is medically understood to be at conception. If we are then to call this embryo a person, we, as capable, fully-formed adults, are stewards of this vulnerable life. While those suffering certainly have a "moral claim to be heard and to be helped" (82), an embryo's moral right to its LIFE does in fact outweigh this claim. Therefore, any experiment performed on this person without his or her consent, much less destroying this life, is committing a rather atrocious violation of this person's rights.
That being said, fear not all ye well-intentioned Machiavellians! The pro-life position does not intend to restrict the use of all stem cells. Though it received far too little attention in her book, adult stem cells are now "showing extraordinary promise" (78), a finding that a search for "adult stem cell success" on Google will very quickly verify. (Google returns 10,000 more results for "adult stem cell success" as compared to "embryonic stem cell success".) Whether or not it is true that embryonic stem cells are more promising is irrelevant, for the ethical reasons mentioned above. That being said, with the sheer number of successes using non-violent, alternative sources of stem cells, including Adipose-derived, Bone-marrow stromal, Hematopoietic, Mesenchymal, Mammary, Neural, and Olfactory among others, it is ludicrous to believe that embryonic stem cells are still superior.
I would not recommend this book unless you are interested in supplementing your education with the pro-life side of the argument. As much as Klotzko and other "bioethicists" like to pretend those who disagree are simply an emotional, uninformed minority, this is simply not true.
By not engaging the other side of the argument, in fact, Klotzko does a disservice to her readers, who may be duped into thinking embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning is indeed ethical. Education in a vacuum is not actually education, but rather, indoctrination. Maybe cloning is not the real threat to individual identity after all.
Highly entertaining.......2006-03-23
As a biochemical research scientist I work with human cells and tissues on a daily basis, so before reading this book, I did not appreciate fully some of the misconceptions and apprehensions that some non-researchers might have about cloning and the use of embryonic stem cells.
Ms. Klotzko provides a very entertaining introduction into the world of cloning--its history, development, science, and potential--using not only scientific examples but drawing also from literature, science fiction, popular culture, philosophy, and religion. She draws from all these sources to show us how common perceptions of cloning specifically, and the "artificial" creation of life in general, are often deeply embedded in cultural fears and taboos and may or may not have relevance to the actual science being practiced today.
Although Ms. Klotzko discusses potentially complex issues of what it means to be human or an individual and how those beliefs may be challenged by our new reproductive technologies, she does so in a way that is clear and engaging, illuminating the topic at hand with appropriate references and examples. She also addresses the ethics of our new technologies in a similarly enlightening way, e.g. recalling the troubled history of eugenics to underscore the potential moral ambivalence of "designer" offspring.
At under 200 pages, this book is concise without being superficial. We need more books like this to engage the public into the kinds of discussions that are well-informed and helpful, as opposed to mere rhetoric and vitriol. And the public needs to be engaged, because the most exciting and promising research lies yet before us, with cures and possibilities we can only begin to imagine. All this is only possible, however, with the dedication, understanding, and support of the public that will benefit from these advances.
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A clone of your own.(Short Story): An article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
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