Cotton : the fabric that made the modern world
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Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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xxvii, 407 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
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Medford Library Branch
338.4767 RIE
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Published
Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-394) and index.
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Library Journal,,July 01, 2013
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"Today's world textile and garment trade is valued at a staggering $425 billion. We are told that under the pressure of increasing globalisation, it is India and China that are the new world manufacturing powerhouses. However, this is not a new phenomenon: until the industrial revolution, Asia manufactured great quantities of colourful printed cottons that were sold to places as far afield as Japan, West Africa and Europe. Cotton explores this earlier globalised economy and its transformation after 1750 as cotton led the way in the industrialisation of Europe. By the early nineteenth century, India, China and the Ottoman Empire switched from world producers to buyers of European cotton textiles, a position that they retained for over two hundred years. This is a fascinating and insightful story which ranges from Asian and European technologies and African slavery to cotton plantations in the Americas and consumer desires across the globe"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Riello, G. (2013). Cotton: the fabric that made the modern world . Cambridge University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Riello, Giorgio. 2013. Cotton: The Fabric That Made the Modern World. Cambridge University Press.

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Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric That Made the Modern World Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric That Made the Modern World Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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