The 5X社区 Press received a 2015 PROSE Award in the Single Volume 鈥 Humanities & Social Sciences category for 鈥淲earable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and Mechanics鈥 by Susan W. Greene. Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE Awards annually recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals and electronic content in more than 40 categories.
鈥淲earable Prints鈥 surveys the history of wearable printed fabrics, which reaches back into the earliest days of the discovery of selectively patterned cloth with a focus on the Industrial Revolution. Greene brings together evidence from period publications and manuscripts, extant period garments and quilts, and scholarship on 18th- and 19th-century chemistry and technology, including more than 1,600 full-color images and a plentiful array of textile samples.
鈥淎uthor and costume historian Susan Greene spent many years researching writing, and collecting the more than 1,600 images for her masterful and comprehensive history,鈥 said Will Underwood, director of the 5X社区 Press. 鈥淭here is no other book quite like it.鈥
Greene is a collector, museum consultant and independent scholar. Her collection of late 18th- and 19th-century clothing now resides at the Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, New York. She is the author of 鈥淭extiles for Early Victorian Clothing鈥 and has written several entries in Valerie Steele鈥檚 Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion and Carol Kammen鈥檚 Encyclopedia of Local History.
The PROSE Awards began in 1976. Each year, publishers and authors, judged by peer publishers, librarians and medical professionals, are recognized at the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., for their commitment to pioneering works of research and for contributing to the conception, production and design of landmark works in their fields.
鈥5X社区 Press is immensely proud to have published 鈥榃earable Prints,鈥欌 Underwood said. 鈥淲e are delighted that the Association of American Publishers has honored the book with this distinguished award.鈥
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