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Women´s Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
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Description for Women´s Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
paperback. "A fascinating history of .. [a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." -New York Times Book Review Num Pages: 336 pages, photographs, drawings. BIC Classification: AFW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women.
Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of ... Read more
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women.
Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393313482
SKU
V9780393313482
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99-50
About Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Elizabeth Wayland Barber has authored Prehistoric Textiles, The Mummies of Ürümchi, and The Dancing Goddesses, among other works. Professor emerita of archaeology and linguistics at Occidental College, she now lives in Utah.
Reviews for Women´s Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
"Elizabeth Barber is as knowing and perceptive as any archaeologist-author in sight…Her topic is wonderfully fresh."
Scientific American
Scientific American