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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. Virginia Postrel

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ISBN: 9781541617605 | 320 pages | 8 Mb

• The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
• Virginia Postrel
• Page: 320
• Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
• ISBN: 9781541617605
• Publisher: Basic Books

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From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. 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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Virginia Postrel talks about her new book on the way the history of textiles weaves through the story of science, technology and the creation of  The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
“The Fabric of Civilization is a fascinating book, and persuasive too: by the end the case is made that 'textiles made the world.'” —Times (UK). "Virginia Postrel The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
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