Download or read book The Little History of Buttons written by Rupert Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We tend to take buttons rather for granted these days. They are the ubiquitous fastener in all our wardrobes. We do them up in the morning without much thought. They are cheap and plentiful, but it was not always like that. Time was that buttons could feature silver, gold and diamonds. In fact the humble button has been essential to the Western World for centuries. It made possible tailoring and fashion as we know them today. Without the button we would be quite undone. The button has a long and distinguished history. It is a history that takes in savage barbarians, fat German ladies, kind Spanish noblewomen, Jacobite spies, the soldiers of the British Empire, and a number of anonymous genius inventors who added their inventions to the story of the humble button. With 60 photos, this book tells the story of one of the most important, but most neglected elements of modern fashion.
Download or read book Button Power written by Christen Carter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of more than 2,000 colorful and artistic pin-back buttons, forming a people's history of American culture and politics that focuses on a range of subjects: advertising, arts and entertainment, historical events, movements and causes, humor, nature, celebrated personalities and organizations, geographical features, sports, transportation, wars and anti-war movements"--
Download or read book Power Button written by Rachel Plotnick and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Push a button and turn on the television; tap a button and get a ride; click a button and “like” something. The touch of a finger can set an appliance, a car, or a system in motion, even if the user doesn't understand the underlying mechanisms or algorithms. How did buttons become so ubiquitous? Why do people love them, loathe them, and fear them? In Power Button, Rachel Plotnick traces the origins of today's push-button society by examining how buttons have been made, distributed, used, rejected, and refashioned throughout history. Focusing on the period between 1880 and 1925, when “technologies of the hand” proliferated (including typewriters, telegraphs, and fingerprinting), Plotnick describes the ways that button pushing became a means for digital command, which promised effortless, discreet, and fool-proof control. Emphasizing the doubly digital nature of button pushing—as an act of the finger and a binary activity (on/off, up/down)—Plotnick suggests that the tenets of precomputational digital command anticipate contemporary ideas of computer users. Plotnick discusses the uses of early push buttons to call servants, and the growing tensions between those who work with their hands and those who command with their fingers; automation as “automagic,” enabling command at a distance; instant gratification, and the victory of light over darkness; and early twentieth-century imaginings of a future push-button culture. Push buttons, Plotnick tells us, have demonstrated remarkable staying power, despite efforts to cast button pushers as lazy, privileged, and even dangerous.
Download or read book Napoleon s Buttons written by Penny Le Couteur and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-05-24 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, and wear. A change as small as the position of an atom can lead to enormous alterations in the properties of a substance-which, in turn, can result in great historical shifts. With lively prose and an eye for colorful and unusual details, Le Couteur and Burreson offer a novel way to understand the shaping of civilization and the workings of our contemporary world.
Download or read book Buttons written by Diana Epstein and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the button's evolution through paintings, sculptures, carvings & collages.
Download or read book The Collector s Encyclopedia of Buttons written by Sally C. Luscomb and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best introductory guide to the world of buttons available. Clothing buttons of the 1930s, 40s, 50s have become very important to today''s collectors and this book makes identifying them possible.'
Download or read book The Book of Buttons written by Joyce Whittemore and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical and creative guide to fashion explains how to use buttons for dramatic impact on all types of clothing and provides a catalog of different types of buttons, including antique, designer, jeweled, novelty, and handmade.
Download or read book Buttons written by Alan Meredith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buttons have been made from almost every known material. Their study provides insight into fashion trends, the clothing industry and social history in general. This book introduces an array of these treasures from the past, to show the variety of materials and the intricate design and workmanship incorporated in the making of the button.
Download or read book The Curse of the Buttons written by Anne Ylvisaker and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of the hapless Button family will thrill to this Civil War prequel, featuring the inimitable “Granddaddy Ike” as a boy. “Eleven is not too young for war,” Ike said to Barfoot, who swished his tail agreeably, then lumbered to the yard table and stuck his nose in an unattended pie. When a steamboat arrives heralding the news that Iowa has been called up to represent the Union of the United States of America, Ike is beside himself with excitement. For months, the promise of war has enveloped small-town Keokuk like a grand game that everyone’s in on — everyone but Ike, his swaybacked pony, and his best friend and checkers partner, Albirdie. Left behind with Mother and the aunts and girl cousins while the Button men march forth toward glory, Ike’s fate is sealed. Unless he can call on the ingenuity of his fabled (some say cursed) ancestor — the adventuresome Uncle Palmer — seek passage to Missouri disguised as a drummer boy, and meet up with the Iowa First. But some opportunities are meant to be missed. And some arrive when you least expect them.
Download or read book Warman s Buttons Field Guide written by Jill Gorski and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, buttons have been more than a device that holds it all together. A popular category of collectible buttons are a staple (40,000 plus auctions) on eBay, and a topic discussed by sewing enthusiasts and crafters around the world. This new book bears all the color and attitudes of a favorite vintage button, with all the historical facts and realized pricing suitable for fans of the one thing that truly makes fashion functional.
Download or read book Discovering Old Buttons written by Primrose Peacock and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Button collecting has been a hobby in America and Britain for a number of years. Organized along the lines of stamp collecting, there is an incredible variety of buttons available, with the most magnificent produced during the eighteenth century. This book outlines button history and describes the types of buttons that the average collector is most likely to encounter. With illustrations of a large range of button designs, this is a perfect introduction to an enjoyable, timeless hobby, ideal for aspiring collectors and anyone interested in the history of fashion.
Download or read book A Very Brief History of Buttons written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written in collaboration between Busy Beaver owner Christen Carter and production manager Joel Carter, this 24-page zine is a quick look at the history of pin-backs told through photos of historical buttons. Photos are accompanied by clever captions that reveal fun facts and historical data collected by the Busy Beaver Button Museum. Focusing on how buttons are the artifacts of cultural history, the zine features everything from a historical Abraham Lincoln pre-button to a Gag Me With a Spoon button from the early 1980s." -- Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Button Book written by Sally Nicholls and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This silly and sweet board book introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements. For fans of Hervé Tullet's Press Here. Here's a button. I wonder what happens when you press it? Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things! From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there's even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day. A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the perfect interactive book for storytime (and bedtime!).
Download or read book A Little History of Economics written by Niall Kishtainy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The answers to such basic economic questions matter to everyone, yet the unfamiliar jargon and math of economics can seem daunting. This clear, accessible, and even humorous book is ideal for young readers new to economics and for all readers who seek a better understanding of the full sweep of economic history and ideas. Economic historian Niall Kishtainy organizes short, chronological chapters that center on big ideas and events. He recounts the contributions of key thinkers including Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and others, while examining topics ranging from the invention of money and the rise of agrarianism to the Great Depression, entrepreneurship, environmental destruction, inequality, and behavioral economics. The result is a uniquely enjoyable volume that succeeds in illuminating the economic ideas and forces that shape our world.
Download or read book Buttons written by Brock Cole and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2000-03-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements. Full-color illustrations.
Download or read book Warman s Buttons Field Guide written by Jill Gorski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, buttons have been more than a device that holds it all together. A popular category of collectible buttons are a staple (40,000 plus auctions) on eBay, and a topic discussed by sewing enthusiasts and crafters around the world. This new book bears all the color and attitudes of a favorite vintage button, with all the historical facts and realized pricing suitable for fans of the one thing that truly makes fashion functional.
Download or read book Button Button written by Peggy Ann Osborne and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise, colorful, easy-to-use guide to the wonderful world of buttons, it provides collectors with the information they need to identify the age, material, and desirability of nearly every button, and provides a price guide to help determine it value. Buttons of every imaginable type, price range and age are included with full color photos to help in the identification.
