Cloth in West African History
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
African Archaeology Series
ISBN-10
0759104220
ISBN-13
9780759104228
Publisher
AltaMira Press
Imprint
AltaMira Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 2nd, 2006
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
392 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.80 x 2.10 cms
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Charts the role cotton has played in commercial, community, and labor settings. This book focuses on the details of how people made, exchanged, and wore cotton cloth from before industrialization in Europe to the twentieth century.
In this holistic approach to the study of textiles and their makers, Colleen Kriger charts the role cotton has played in commercial, community, and labor settings. She pays close attention the details of how people made, exchanged, and wore cotton cloth from before industrialization in Europe to the twentieth century. Closely tracing this history in Nigeria,Cloth in West African History offers a fresh perspective on the history of the region and on the local, regional, and global processes that shaped it.
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