| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 110.1

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Book Review

Canada and the United States

Michael Zakim. Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic, 1760–1860. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2003. Pp. x, 296. $30.00.

In this book Michael Zakim argues that the man's ready-made suit was a major democratizing factor in nineteenth-century America. Furthermore, manufacturers and retail establishments that spawned its development were at the core of capitalism and democracy, the principle systems of organization in the new republic. With this analysis Zakim rescues the subjects of business, fashion, and the commodity from the dustbin of political history. He offers an insightful addition to the history of the men's clothing industry in America and shifts its importance to center stage. In many ways, his book provides clues to the origins of American consumer culture.

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