Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close is published by Algonquin Books.

Pockets were heralds of the modern era of pocket pistols and pocket pistols.

They allowed craftsmen to “miniaturize useful instruments,” such as knives and sextants, “with the notion of portability in mind”.

The front pockets o European s jeans are 48 percent shorter than c the 14th century pockets, author says.

Pockets foster a sense of personal independence, allowing the owner to march into the world unencumbered yet prepared.

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