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- Title The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
- Author Virginia Postrel
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Basic Books
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781541617605 / 1541617606
- Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.55 x 6.4 x 1.3 in (24.26 x 16.26 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Textile fabrics - History, Textile industry - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020014544
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.476
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" Condition: new. Hardcover. The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered inventions. They established trade routes and drew nations' borders. Since the first thread was spun, fabric has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel traces this surprising history, exposing the hidden ways textiles have made our world. The origins of chemistry lie in the coloring and finishing of cloth. The beginning of binary code-and perhaps all of mathematics-is found in weaving. Selective breeding to produce fibers heralded the birth of agriculture. The belt drive came from silk production. So did microbiology. The textile business funded the Italian Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; it left us double-entry bookkeeping and letters of credit, the David and the Taj Mahal. From the Minoans who exported woolen cloth colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to the Romans who wore wildly…
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