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The best-selling author of The Secret Lives of Color returns with this rollicking narrative of the 30,000-year history of fabric, briskly told through thirteen charismatic episodes.
From colorful 30,000-year-old threads found on the floor of a Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that sparked the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread weaves an illuminating story of human ingenuity. Design journalist Kassia St. Clair guides us through the technological advancements and cultural customs that would redefi ne human civilization―from the fabric that allowed mankind to achieve extraordinary things (traverse the oceans and shatter athletic records) and survive in unlikely places (outer space and the South Pole). She peoples her story with a motley cast of characters, including Xiling, the ancient Chinese empress credited with inventing silk, to Richard the Lionhearted and Bing Crosby. Offering insights into the economic and social dimensions of clothmaking―and countering the enduring, often demeaning, association of textiles as “merely women’s workâ€â€•The Golden Thread offers an alternative guide to our past, present, and future.
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"Lot drier reading than I had expected and rather too “academic†than I was anticipating having heard a chapter read on the BBC. This book is more of a textile textbook for students than an interesting history."
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The Golden Thread How Fabric Changed History Kassia St Clair 9781631494802 Books Reviews :
The Golden Thread How Fabric Changed History Kassia St Clair 9781631494802 Books Reviews
- We heard author Kassia St. Clair's interview on NPR's Marketplace, missed both her and he book's title first time around, but it immediately seemed like something we would want to READ rather than listen to. When will a print version be available in the USA. If the author on a book tour, shouldn't THE GOLDEN THREAD HOW FABRIC CHANGED HISTORY be available at the same time?
- Lot drier reading than I had expected and rather too “academic†than I was anticipating having heard a chapter read on the BBC. This book is more of a textile textbook for students than an interesting history.
- I bought the book since it was recommended by The Economist, but unfortunately the book is quite boring.
- I listened to the author and it sounded very interesting. My son is in the cotton business and I gave it to him for a gift.
- Great book, highly recommended. It covers everything from linen in ancient Egypt to the challenges of creating an astronaut's suit.
- The book provides a rich collection of fabric history stories. The older fabrics such as silk and cotton are probably better known in general than facts related with the synthetics, the factories and the workers. Highly recommended !!
- The author was able to present both quality and quantity of fiber information. She spent a lot of time with anthropological and social history of fibers - especially plant fibers.
- Daughter loves this book
