The Golden Thread How Fabric Changed History

Kassia St. Clair, Helen Johns

eAudio - 2019

The bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Color returns with this rollicking narrative of the 30,000-year history of fabric, briskly told through thirteen charismatic episodes. From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread weaves an illuminating story of human ingenuity. Design journalist Kassia St. Clair guides us through the technological advancements and cultural customs that would redefine human civilization-from the fabric that allowed mankind to achieve extraordinary things (traverse the oceans and shatter athletic records) and survive in unlikely places (outer space and the South Pole). She peoples her story with a motle...y cast of characters, including Xiling, the ancient Chinese empress credited with inventing silk, to Richard the Lionhearted and Bing Crosby. Offering insights into the economic and social dimensions of clothmaking-and countering the enduring,...

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Published
HighBridge
Language
English
Main Authors
Kassia St. Clair, Helen Johns
Online Access
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Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size329 GB
Parts14
ISBN9781684575084
Release Date11/12/2019
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size329 GB
ISBN9781684575084
Release Date11/12/2019