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Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau have collaborated to produce a minor miracle: an informal yet comprehensively researched work of history and sociology that isn't dull, isn't pretentious, isn't politically correct (or incorrect), and that's fun to read as well as being instructive. --Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer In this good-humored yet careful examination, Farrell-Beck and Gau illuminate women's experience of this most everyday garment... A fun, punchy book. --Publishers Weekly Uplift is extremely well-researched, and is significantly better than previous histories of the brassiere. --Valerie Steele, Fashion Institute of Technology

Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau have collaborated to produce a minor miracle: an informal yet comprehensively researched work of history and sociology that isn't dull, isn't pretentious, isn't politically correct (or incorrect), and that's fun to read as well as being instructive. -Robert Gottlieb, New York Observer In this good-humored yet careful examination, Farrell-Beck and Gau illuminate women's experience of this most everyday garment... A fun, punchy book. -Publishers Weekly Uplift is extremely well-researched, and is significantly better than previous histories of the brassiere. -Valerie Steele, Fashion Institute of Technology

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Jane Farrell-Beck is Professor of Textiles and Clothing at Iowa State University. Colleen Gau is President of CPRTex, Inc., a home-based conservation of textiles business and the author of articles on clothing and health.

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