The Silk industry of Renaissance Venice / Luca Mola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molà, Luca, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silk industry--Italy--Venice--History.

Silk industry.

Silk industry--Government policy--Italy--Venice--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

His findings contribute in an important way to the ongoing scholarly assessment of Venice's place in the economy of the Renaissance and the Mediterranean world.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures and Tables

Note on Currency and Measures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I The Growth of International Competition

One: A CHANGING INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY

Two: THE DISSEMINATION OF TECHNIQUES

II The Venetian Industry

Three: REGULATING COMMERCE IN BASIC MATERIALS

Four: THE STRATEGY OF MARKET DIVERSIFICATION

Five: DYEING

Six: WEAVING

Seven: A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY INNOVATION

Eight: INVENTIONS

III The Mainland State

Nine: SERICULTURE IN THE TERRAFERMA

Ten: SILK THREAD

Eleven: CLOT H PRODUCTION AND THE TERRITORIAL STATE

CONCLUSION

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-442) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7655-9

OCLC:

559397932