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The Wool Industry a Global History : Covering Two Thousand Years.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burton, Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wool industry--History.
- Wool industry.
- Woolen and worsted manufacture--History.
- Woolen and worsted manufacture.
- Wool--Milling.
- Wool.
- Spinning machinery--History.
- Spinning machinery.
- Woolen goods.
- Tapestry--History.
- Tapestry.
- Carpets--History.
- Carpets.
- Looms--History.
- Looms.
- Textile fabrics--History.
- Textile fabrics.
- Textile factories--Equipment and supplies--History.
- Textile factories.
- Luddites.
- Clothing and dress--History.
- Clothing and dress.
- Knitting--History.
- Knitting.
- Dyes and dyeing--Wool--History.
- Dyes and dyeing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2025.
- Summary:
- Chronicles the 4,000-year history of wool, from animal rearing to cloth production, highlighting its global and technological impact.The story of wool covers 4,000 years of human history - the first written record of dying wool for cloth was found on a Mesopotamian papyrus c.2000 BCE.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One The Raw Material
- Chapter Two Early Textile Techniques
- Chapter Three Knitting
- Chapter Four James Hargreaves and the Spinning Jenny
- Chapter Five Samuel Crompton and the Mule
- Chapter Six Cartwright and the Power Loom
- Chapter Seven Cloth Dressing
- Plates
- Chapter Eight Power for the Mills
- Chapter Nine Cloth Varieties
- Chapter Ten A Changing World
- Chapter Eleven Carpets and Rugs
- Chapter Twelve Tapestry
- Chapter Thirteen The Clothing Industry
- Chapter Fourteen Development and Decline
- Gazetteer
- Acknowledgements
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781399036795
- 1399036793
- 9781399036771
- 1399036777
- OCLC:
- 1482262658
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