The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World — Virginia Postrel

Title: The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World — Virginia Postrel

Author: Virginia Postrel

Publisher: Basic Books

Format: Hardcover

Edition: First edition, December 2020. Printing 5, 2021.

ISBN: 9781541617605

Condition: Second-hand. Hardcover with light shelf wear, minor rubbing, edge wear and small corner bumps. No dust jacket visible in the supplied photos, likely as issued with pictorial boards. Pages appear clean and readable from the supplied photos. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

The Fabric of Civilization traces the history of textiles as one of humanity’s most important technologies. Virginia Postrel follows the story of fibre, thread, cloth, dye, trade and invention from ancient spinning and weaving through global commerce, industrial change and modern materials.