Silk : a history in three metamorphoses
Prasad, Aarathi2024
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In a 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 history, natural history, and future of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia.
Main title:
Silk : a history in three metamorphoses / Aarathi Prasad.
Author:
Prasad, Aarathi, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2024.
Collation:
368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780008451882 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
677.3909677.39677.39 PRAS677.3909 PRA
Language:
English
BRN:
2697684
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