Tattoo History A Source Book

Tattoo History Source Book is the only reference book of its kind: a lavishly illustrated collection of historical records of tattooing throughout the world from ancient times to the present. Among the authors are explorers, journalists, physicians, psychiatrists, anthropologists, scholars, novelists, criminologists, & tattoo artists. Brief essays introduce each selection, putting them within their proper historical context. The book features a variety of topics including the first written records of tattooing by Greek & Roman authors; the dispersal of tattoo designs & techniques throughout Polynesia; the discovery of Polynesian tattooing by European explorers; Japanese tattooing; the first nineteenth-century European & American tattoo artists; tattooed British royalty; the invention of the tattooing machine; & tattooing in the circus. The anthology concludes with essays by four prominent contemporary tattoo artists: Tricia Allen, Chuck Eldridge, Lyle Tuttle, & Don Ed Hardy.Gilbert, Steve is the author of 'Tattoo History A Source Book', published 0007 under ISBN 9781890451073 and ISBN 189045107X.