Threads of Global Desire: Silk in the Pre-Modern World - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Dagmar Schäfer (Editor), Giorgio Riello (Editor), Luca Molà (Editor)Series:Pasold Studies in Textile, Dress and Fashion History #1Publish date:2018-05-18Pages:447
Language:EnglishPublisher:Boydell PressISBN-13:9781783272938ISBN-10:1783272937UPC:9781783272938Book Category:Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.40 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC31MPZSEZ
Threads of Global Desire: Silk in the Pre-Modern World
Considering silk as a major force of cross-cultural interaction, this book examines the integration of silk production and consumption into various cultures in the pre-modern world. Silk has long been a global commodity that, because of its exceptional qualities, high value and relative portability, came to be traded over very long distances. Similarly, the silk industry - from sericulture to the...
Series: Pasold Studies in Textile, Dress and Fashion History #1
Language:EnglishPublisher:Boydell PressISBN-13:9781783272938ISBN-10:1783272937UPC:9781783272938Book Category:Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.40 x 6.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.9511Product ID:SC31MPZSEZ
Publisher: Boydell Press
Contributor(s)
Dagmar Schäfer (Editor), Giorgio Riello (Editor), Luca Molà (Editor)
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