The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

Author: St. Clair, KassiaEdition: IllustratedBinding: Kindle EditionFormat: Kindle eBookNumber Of Pages: 363Release Date: 12-11-2019Details: A Sunday Times (UK) Book of the YearShortlisted • Society of Authors' Somerset Maugham AwardA BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekThe 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 stor