San Antonio College Library

Some relationships -- Spinning and raw materials -- Fabric construction -- Finish and color for textiles -- Patterned textiles of the Near East -- The medieval textile industry in southern Europe -- Textiles of the Far East -- Textiles in northern Europe -- Textiles and independence in colonial America -- Industrialization and textiles in nineteenth century America -- Fabrics of the American Southwest -- Fabrics of South and Middle America -- Glossary....

Written as a chronological survey spanning prehistory to the early 21st century, this book is organized around five themes - materials, methods, trade, technology and social structures - which allow textiles from all ages to be investigated from many perspectives.

"The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here...