Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
Title | Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Wayland Barber |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1995-09-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0393285588 |
"A fascinating history of…[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book Review New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods—methods she herself helped to fashion. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric.
Norton's Literary Register ...
Title | Norton's Literary Register ... PDF eBook |
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Pages | 414 |
Release | 1851 |
Genre | American literature |
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Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular
Title | Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular PDF eBook |
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Pages | 654 |
Release | 1854 |
Genre | American literature |
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Norton's Complete Hand-book of Havana and Cuba
Title | Norton's Complete Hand-book of Havana and Cuba PDF eBook |
Author | Albert James Norton |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | History |
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Norton's literary almanac for ...
Title | Norton's literary almanac for ... PDF eBook |
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Pages | 70 |
Release | 1852 |
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Proposed Norton Basin Lease Sale 100
Title | Proposed Norton Basin Lease Sale 100 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 652 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Continental shelf |
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Norton Basin Sale No.100
Title | Norton Basin Sale No.100 PDF eBook |
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Pages | 728 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Continental shelf |
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