Silk a world history
"In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (...
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New York, NY :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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