Threads of Global Desire: Silk in the Pre-Modern World

Contributor(s): Schäfer, Dagmar (Editor), Riello, Giorgio (Editor), Molà, Luca (Editor), Phillips, Amanda (Contribution by), Sheng, Angela (Contribution by), Marsh, Ben (Contribution by), Schäfer, Dagmar (Contribution by), Mitchell, David M (Contribution by), Kayoko, Fujita (Contribution by), Riello, Giorgio (Contribution by), Gasch-Tomás, José L (Contribution by), Miller, Lesley Ellis (Contribution by), Monnas, Lisa (Contribution by), Molà, Luca (Contribution by), Matthee, Rudi (Contribution by), Faroqhi, Suraiya (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781783272938

Publisher: Boydell Press

Hardcover

$85.00

Pub Date: May 18, 2018

Dewey: 900

LCCN: 2018285856

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.60" H x 9.40" L x 6.20" W ( 1.95 lbs) 447 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Pasold Studies in Textile, Dress and Fashion History

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Considering silk as a major force of cross-cultural interaction, this book examines the integration of silk production and consumption into various cultures in the pre-modern world.

Review Quotes: Erudite...fascinating [and] well worth reading...as an exercise in comparative history and material culture.-- "ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL REVIEW"