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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| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, |c [2024] | |
| 300 | |a viii, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 520 | |a "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 (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Sericulture |x History |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Silkworms |x History |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Silk |x History |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lepidopterology |x History |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Silkworms |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Bombyx mori |v Popular works. | |
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