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The Fabric of Civilization
- How Textiles Made the World
Engelsk Paperback
The Fabric of Civilization
- How Textiles Made the World
Engelsk Paperback

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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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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781541617629
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1541617622
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
9 dec 2021
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
209mm
Højde:
139mm
Forlag:
Basic Books
Oplagsdato:
9 dec 2021
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