{"product_id":"the-golden-thread-how-fabric-changed-history","title":"The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Sunday Times (UK) Book of the YearShortlisted  Society of Authors Somerset Maugham AwardA BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekThe bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Color returns with this rollicking narrative of the 30,000year history of fabric, briskly told through thirteen charismatic episodes.From colorful 30,000yearold 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 civilizationfrom 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 clothmakingand countering the enduring, often demeaning, association of textiles as merely womens workThe Golden Thread offers an alternative guide to our past, present, and future. 8 pages of color photographs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LIVERIGHT","offers":[{"title":"St. Clair, Kassia \/ hardcover","offer_id":47838011425013,"sku":"DADAX1631494805","price":103.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81eVX_qtuCL_d100b3af-9409-4ef9-b8e8-73f39f3bedb6.jpg?v=1773725961","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-golden-thread-how-fabric-changed-history","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}