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The Cambridge History of Western Textiles 2 Volume Hardback Boxed Set
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for The Cambridge History of Western Textiles 2 Volume Hardback Boxed Set
hardcover. An authoritative study on the production and uses of textiles in Europe since ancient times. Editor(s): Jenkins, David. Num Pages: 1400 pages, 280 b/w illus. 40 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AFW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 267 x 86. Weight in Grams: 3738.
Textiles have been essential to the everyday lives of all societies. Besides helping provide protection and warmth, they have fulfilled social, cultural, military, legal and symbolic functions, and have been an essential part of the economic activity of societies from ancient times. The Cambridge History of Western Textiles brings together and extends current knowledge on the production and uses of textiles, through the eyes of archaeologists, economic and social historians, historians of fashion and the history of dress, and museum curators familiar with surviving artefacts. The history of all the major textile industries, including wool, linen, silk, cotton and artificial ... Read more
Textiles have been essential to the everyday lives of all societies. Besides helping provide protection and warmth, they have fulfilled social, cultural, military, legal and symbolic functions, and have been an essential part of the economic activity of societies from ancient times. The Cambridge History of Western Textiles brings together and extends current knowledge on the production and uses of textiles, through the eyes of archaeologists, economic and social historians, historians of fashion and the history of dress, and museum curators familiar with surviving artefacts. The history of all the major textile industries, including wool, linen, silk, cotton and artificial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521341073
SKU
V9780521341073
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-2
About Roger Hargreaves
David Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Economic History in the Department of Economics and Related Studies in the University of York, and Governor and Company Secretary of the Pasold Research Fund (that promotes research and publication in the history of textiles). He has lectured in Europe, the USA and Japan and published widely on the history of textiles in the ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge History of Western Textiles 2 Volume Hardback Boxed Set
'… the book is unique in the scope of its coverage coupled with the diversity of its authorship. It is finely produced with some beautiful illustrations, clear diagrams and comprehensible tables, as well as 41 full-page colour plates … It will be a most useful source of reference and stimulation to many.' The Times Higher Education Supplement '… eminently readable ... Read more