Fabric – and our hunger for it – as the mother of invention, the driver behind technology, agriculture, trade, politics, culture… it funded the Italian Renaissance and the Mughal empire. History, archaeology, anthropology, economics inform this splendid and illuminating account.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
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£22.99
Edition:Hardback978154161760512/11/2020
Categories: 11. Spring Books 2021: Art, Photography & Decorative Arts, Decorative Arts, History, Photography & Fashion, Spring Books 2021
Tags: Ancient history, Byzantine Empire, European history, Fashion and beauty industries, Fashion and textile design, General and world history, History, Textiles and fibres
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