Fabric of Society
Title | Fabric of Society PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Tozer |
Publisher | Carno, Powys, Wales : L. Ashley |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN |
Essays inspired by the collections at Platt Hall, The Gallery of English Costume, Manchester.
The Fabric of Civilization
Title | The Fabric of Civilization PDF eBook |
Author | Virginia Postrel |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1541617614 |
From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide. The story of humanity is the story of textiles -- as old as civilization itself. Since the first thread was spun, the need for textiles has driven technology, business, politics, and culture. In The Fabric of Civilization, Virginia Postrel synthesizes groundbreaking research from archaeology, economics, and science to reveal a surprising history. From Minoans exporting wool colored with precious purple dye to Egypt, to Romans arrayed in costly Chinese silk, the cloth trade paved the crossroads of the ancient world. Textiles funded the Renaissance and the Mughal Empire; they gave us banks and bookkeeping, Michelangelo's David and the Taj Mahal. The cloth business spread the alphabet and arithmetic, propelled chemical research, and taught people to think in binary code. Assiduously researched and deftly narrated, The Fabric of Civilization tells the story of the world's most influential commodity.
The Fabric of Society
Title | The Fabric of Society PDF eBook |
Author | Annette Marie Gero |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Quilts |
ISBN | 9780947349554 |
Australia has a rich and diverse heritage in patchwork quilts. It covers convicts, Governor's wives, Gold Rush immigrants, wealthy shop owners, WWI diggers, people who were forced off the land during the Depression, WWII Australian prisoners of war, rabbit trappers, artist's wives and finally last, but not least, Mum, who made all her children's clothes and never threw anything away. This book not only reflects the quilts found in this country but also the social history of countless ordinary people, histories which otherwise would never have been written, reflecting the life in this country over two centuries. The thread that holds this patchwork of Australian history together is that each story told includes the making of a quilt. It draws a women's memories, diaries, their letters to relatives, official records, newspapers and magazine articles reflecting the current domestic influences and, of course, the old magazines which provided the quilt patterns. Stunning photos, many of quilts which have never been seen before, show the rich quality of design and workmanship. There are visually dramatic quilts to rival any found in the world as well as mellow woollen appliques made from children's clothes. Others are real rag bag waggas, Hessian bags or patchwork-covered army blankets, but still rich in the memories embedded in their cloth. The breadth and diversity is extraordinary. Now too we have included the patterns of many of these wonderful quilts so you can recreate these glorious quilt treasures from the past.
The Fabric of Empire
Title | The Fabric of Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Danielle C. Skeehan |
Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2020-12-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1421439689 |
Bringing together methods and materials traditionally belonging to literary studies, book history, and material culture studies, The Fabric of Empire provides a new model for thinking about the different media, languages, literacies, and textualities in the early Atlantic world.
Rethinking the Fabric of Geology
Title | Rethinking the Fabric of Geology PDF eBook |
Author | Victor R. Baker |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2013-11-07 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 081372502X |
"The 50 years since the publication of 'Fabric of Geology,' edited by C.C. Albritton Jr., have seen immense changes in both geology and philosophy of science. 'Rethinking the Fabric of Geology' explores a number of philosophical issues in geology, ranging from its nature as a historical science to implications for geological education"--Provided by publisher.
Big Gods
Title | Big Gods PDF eBook |
Author | Ara Norenzayan |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2015-08-25 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0691169748 |
Examines how the belief in gods has lead to cooperation and sometimes conflict between groups. The author also looks at how some cooperative societies have developed without belief in gods.
Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society
Title | Evolution, Morality and the Fabric of Society PDF eBook |
Author | R. Paul Thompson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 2022-05-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1108633099 |
Recent interest in the evolution of the social contract is extended by providing a throughly naturalistic, evolutionary account of the biological underpinnings of a social contract theory of morality. This social contract theory of morality (contractevolism) provides an evolutionary justification of the primacy of a moral principle of maximisation of the opportunities for evolutionary reproductive success (ERS), where maximising opportunities does not entail an obligation on individuals to choose to maximise their ERS. From that primary principle, the moral principles of inclusion, individual sovereignty (liberty) and equality can be derived. The implications of these principles, within contractevolism, are explored through an examination of patriarchy, individual sovereignty and copulatory choices, and overpopulation and extinction. Contractevolism is grounded in evolutionary dynamics that resulted in humans and human societies. The most important behavioural consequences of evolution to contractevolism are reciprocity, cooperation, empathy, and the most important cognitive consequences are reason and behavioural modification.