A History Of Textiles | History

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Originally published in 1979 this volume acts as a reference for the history textiles. It asks questions on the effect of technology on textiles how did particular historical periods and locations expand or limit the possibilities for the manufacture of fabrics and how the textile history related to politics and economics sociology and psychology art and engineering anthropology and archaeology chemistry and physics. Addressing these questions the author surveys the development of the technical components of fabrics and discusses the textiles of selected places and times. She uses prose drawings and more than 130 photographs to show how each era of textile production reflects its age. This …