The Fabric of Civilization
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The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as
civilization itself. Textiles created empires and powered
invention. 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 expensive Chinese silk, the
trade and production of textiles paved the economic and cultural
crossroads of the ancient world.As much as spices or gold, the
quest for fabrics and dyes drew sailors across strange seas,
creating an ever-more connected global economy. Synthesizing
groundbreaking research from economics, archaeology, and
anthropology, Postrel weaves a rich tapestry of human cultural
development.
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