The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

“Ajourney as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself...[TheFabricofCivilizationis] like a swatchofa Florentine Renaissance brocade: carefully woven, the technique precise, the colors a mixofshade and shine and an accurate representationofthe whole cloth” (The New York Times)

The story of humanity is the story of textiles-as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture.

In The Fabric of Civilizati...