The Silk Culture in the United States
Author: I. Richmond Barbour
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 110
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Author: I. Richmond Barbour
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jacqueline Field
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780896725898
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Traces the American silk industry, once the world's largest, through case studies of the Nonotuck (Northampton, Massachusetts), Haskell (Westbrook, Maine), and Mallinson (New York and Pennsylvania) silk companies. Examines entrepreneurs as well as history of technology and products from sewing-machine thread to mass-produced plain and high-fashion silks"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Susan Whitfield
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2018-03-13
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 0520957660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with a new captivating portrait focusing on material things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road—those who made them, carried them, received them, used them, sold them, worshipped them, and, in more recent times, bought them, conserved them, and curated them. From a delicate pair of earrings from a steppe tomb to a massive stupa deep in Central Asia, a hoard of Kushan coins stored in an Ethiopian monastery to a Hellenistic glass bowl from a southern Chinese tomb, and a fragment of Byzantine silk wrapping the bones of a French saint to a Bactrian ewer depicting episodes from the Trojan War, these objects show us something of the cultural diversity and interaction along these trading routes of Afro-Eurasia. Exploring the labor, tools, materials, and rituals behind these various objects, Whitfield infuses her narrative with delightful details as the objects journey through time, space, and meaning. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas is a lively, visual, and tangible way to understand the Silk Road and the cultural, economic, and technical changes of the late antique and medieval worlds.
Author: Leland Ossian Howard
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: abbé (Pierre-Augustin) Boissier de Sauvages
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Published: 1770
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ben Marsh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-04-23
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1108418287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReveals how commodity failure, as much as success, can shed light on aspirations, environment, and economic life in colonial societies.
Author: Louise Rienzi
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Published: 2018-10-12
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9780342552344
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Paul M. Tuskes
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019-05-15
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1501738003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Saturniidae are among the largest and showiest moths in North America. This comprehensive work covers the life history and taxonomy of a hundred species and subspecies of these Lepidoptera. The beautiful adults and larvae of all species are illustrated in thirty color plates, which are supported by line drawings of cocoons, distribution maps, and photographs of behavior. More than a natural history guide, this book includes chapters in population biology, life history strategies, disease and parasitoids, and the importance of silk moths of human culture. The systematic account emphasizes genetic differences among populations and the process of speciation and presents new information on experimental hybridization and life histories. For the student, researcher, and naturalist, here is practical information on collecting, rearing, and conducting original research. The entire text is referenced to an extensive bibliography.
Author: William Cornelius Wyckoff
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Shichirō Matsui
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 246
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