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The fabric of civilization : how textiles made the world / Virginia Postrel.

By: Postrel, Virginia, 1960- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First trade paperback editionDescription: vii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781541617629 (paperback)Other title: How textiles made the worldSubject(s): Textile industry -- History | Textile fabrics -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.4/7677009 Summary: The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with purple dye to Egypt, to Romans arrayed in costly Chinese silk, the cloth trade paved the crossroads of the ancient world. Textiles funded the Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; they gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo's David and the Taj Mahal. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world's most influential commodity.

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First edition published 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with purple dye to Egypt, to Romans arrayed in costly Chinese silk, the cloth trade paved the crossroads of the ancient world. Textiles funded the Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; they gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo's David and the Taj Mahal. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world's most influential commodity.

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