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Virginia Postrel The Fabric of Civilization (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Fabric of Civilization : How Textiles Made the World
- Publication Name
- The Fabric of Civilization
- Title
- The Fabric of Civilization
- Subtitle
- How Textiles Made the World
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1541617622
- EAN
- 9781541617629
- ISBN
- 9781541617629
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
- Topic
- Textiles & Polymers, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Economics / General, World
- Release Date
- 09/12/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" ( Wall Street Journal ) The story of humanity is the story of textiles--as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization , Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with precious 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. The cloth business spread the alphabet and arithmetic, propelled chemical research, and taught people to think in binary code. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world's most influential commodity.
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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
1541617622
ISBN-13
9781541617629
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16050095648
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fabric of Civilization : How Textiles Made the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Textiles & Polymers, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Economics / General, World
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd9850.5.P67 2021
Reviews
"We are taken on a journey as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself... [ The Fabric of Civilization is] like a swatch of a Florentine Renaissance brocade: carefully woven, the technique precise, the colors a mix of shade and shine and an accurate representation of the whole cloth."-- New York Times
Dewey Decimal
338.47677009
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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