by Virginia Postrel · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418859113
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«El tejido de la civilización» is the historical essay by Virginia Postrel, published by Siruela in paperback (344 pages, in Spanish).
Essay on the role of textiles in history: from the first threads to industrial production, they drove technology, trade, politics, and culture. Postrel combines archaeology, economics, and science to explain that the textile business financed empires and fostered accounting, letters of credit, and exploration.
Volume 122 of the Biblioteca de Ensayo / Serie mayor collection from Siruela. Translation by Lorenzo Luengo of the original English work The Fabric of Civilization.
For readers interested in history, economics, and material culture, and in popular essays that connect disciplines.
