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01606aam a2200289Mi 4500 001 6439E1D2947611EC9377849E3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220223010020 008 220112r20212020nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1541617622 020 $a 9781541617629 (pbk) : 040 $a S3O $b swe $e rda $c S3O $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 082 04 $a 338.47677009 100 1 $a Postrel, Virginia, $d 1960- $e author. $0 (local)395552 245 14 $a The fabric of civilization : $b how textiles made the world / $c Virginia Postrel. 246 30 $a How textiles made the world 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2021, ©2020. 300 $a vii, 304 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Originally published: 2020. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a The story of humanity is the story of textiles, as old as civilization itself. From Minoans exporting wool colored with 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, the gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo's David, and the Taj Mahal. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, "The Fabric of Civilization" tells the story of the world's most influential commodity. 650 0 $a Textile industry $x History. $0 (local)254823 650 0 $a Textile fabrics $x History. $0 (local)395546 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020350.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20220223012619.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6439E1D2947611EC9377849E3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search