You TubeAmerican Clothing History Lecture Series No. 19 OverviewWhat kind of lecture is the American Clothing History Lecture Series? In Japan, researchers of American clothing history are very rare. Furthermore, in the many studies of Western clothing history that are seen, research on upper-class clothing dominates. In contrast, Hamada has been building a clothing history study of American clothing social history for 38 years that takes into account the historical background of clothing not only of the upper class in America, but also of the middle and lower classes. Hamada's research subjects include clothing and textiles of minorities such as Native Americans and African Americans. We hope that this lecture will be useful for future research into clothing history. Top 5 URLs for this course in terms of viewing rate Episode 1: Introduction The purpose and theme of this course • Episode 15: Utopianism and women who wore pants (part 1) Introduction... Episode 3: Utopianism and women who wore pants (part 2) - The establishment of the Oneida community and clothing reform - • Episode 15: Utopianism and women who wore pants, part 2 The establishment of the Oneida community... Episode 17: Immigrants to America's admiration for French fashion • Immigrants to America's admiration for French fashion (revised version) Episode 6: Utopianism and women who wore pants (part 5) - The birth and role of the magazine "Sibyl" - • Episode 15: Utopianism and women who wore pants (part 5) YouTube version... Episode 2: Utopianism and women who wore pants (part 1) • Video #American clothing history lecture series #The dress reform movement in 19th century America #Women who wore pants #The birth of the American look #Professional clothing in American history #Masako Hamada's History of American Clothing #Colonial Clothing #In the late 19th century, America was set during the American Revolution, and the Homestead Act of 1862 led to a movement of people moving from the eastern to the western parts of the United States. The purpose of this law was to gather immigrant labor for the development of the west, and if people settled and cultivated government land for five years, they could receive 64 hectares (160 acres) of land for free. The families who moved there developed the land and built farms. Little House on the Prairie is the second of a series of nine books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) that traces her childhood memories. In recent years (1974-1982), NBC in the United States produced a television drama based on the contents of the nine-book series, but this drama was also broadcast on NHK under the title "Little House on the Prairie" and became popular in Japan. Several translations have also been published (for example, by Mihoko Onchi, Fukuinkan Shoten, and others). The second book of the original, "Little House on the Prairie," depicts Laura's life for one year from age six to seven. Her father, who idealizes a life in a land rich in nature, decides to move to an Indian settlement with a vast prairie. The family sets off by wagon from the big woods of Wisconsin where they had been living (the first book in the series was "Little House in the Big Woods"). I read this book hoping that "Little House on the Prairie" would shed light on the clothing lifestyle of the time, but unfortunately, it seems that Laura was interested in her father's great work. Although the depiction of building a log cabin and making a lock for it is strikingly realistic, Mother appears very little.... Therefore, in this lecture, based on the following sources ①, ②, and ③, I would like to introduce the clothing lifestyle of women who immigrated to Kansas during the same period. During the pioneering era, many immigrants headed for Kansas. In that sense, I think it is possible to trace the work of Laura's mother, who was never depicted in "Little House on the Prairie." The details of this will be revealed in this lecture. References: 1. Joanna Stratton, Sachiko Io and Eiko Toma, "Pioneer Women: Women's History of the Western Frontier" (Libroport, 1988) 2. Sally Ingrid Helvenston's doctoral dissertation, "FEMININE RESPONSE TO A FRONTIER ENVIRONMENT AS REFLECTED IN THE CLOTHING OF KANSAS WOMEN: 1854-1895 (Kansas State University Ph.D. 1985) 3. Masako Hamada, "American Clothing Social History" (Tokyodo Publishing, 2009), Chapter 6