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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles ...

Virginia Postrel

Unabridged • 9785002230358
9 hours 36 minutes
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Istoriya chelovechestva — eto istoriya tekstilya, rovesnika samoj civilizacii. S tekh por kak byla spryadena pervaya nit', nasha neutolimaya potrebnost' v tkanyah dvigala vpered tekhnologiyu, ekonomiku, politiku i kul'turu. Virdzhiniya Postrel raskryvaet pered nami etot porazitel'nyj syuzhet, svodya voedino dannye novejshih issledovanij v oblasti arheologii, ekonomicheskoj istorii i estestvennyh nauk. Ot minojcev, eksportirovavshih v Egipet sherst', okrashennuyu dragocennym purpurom, do rimlyan, odetyh v dorogoj kitajskij shelk, torgovlya tkanyami prokladyvala transkontinental'nye magistrali Drevnego mira. Bez dohodov ot tekstilya byli by nevozmozhny ni Renessans, ni imperiya Velikih Mogolov; tol'ko blagodarya emu my poluchili banki i buhgalteriyu, «Davida» Mikelandzhelo i Tadzh-Mahal. Vmeste s tkanyami po miru rasprostranyalis' alfavit i arifmetika, a pozdnee tekstil'naya promyshlennost' stimulirovala vazhnejshie himicheskie otkrytiya i nauchila lyudej pol'zovat'sya dvoichnym kodom. «Nit' istorii» — polnyj porazitel'nyh detalej rasskaz o samom vliyatel'nom tovare v istorii chelovechestva.
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Istoriya chelovechestva — eto istoriya tekstilya, rovesnika samoj civilizacii. S tekh por kak byla spryadena pervaya nit', nasha neutolimaya potrebnost' v tkanyah dvigala vpered tekhnologiyu, ekonomiku, politiku i kul'turu. Virdzhiniya Postrel raskryvaet pered nami etot porazitel'nyj syuzhet, svodya voedino dannye novejshih issledovanij v oblasti arheologii, ekonomicheskoj istorii i estestvennyh nauk. Ot minojcev, eksportirovavshih v Egipet sherst', okrashennuyu dragocennym purpurom, do rimlyan, odetyh v dorogoj kitajskij shelk, torgovlya tkanyami prokladyvala transkontinental'nye magistrali Drevnego mira. Bez dohodov ot tekstilya byli by nevozmozhny ni Renessans, ni imperiya Velikih Mogolov; tol'ko blagodarya emu my poluchili banki i buhgalteriyu, «Davida» Mikelandzhelo i Tadzh-Mahal. Vmeste s tkanyami po miru rasprostranyalis' alfavit i arifmetika, a pozdnee tekstil'naya promyshlennost' stimulirovala vazhnejshie himicheskie otkrytiya i nauchila lyudej pol'zovat'sya dvoichnym kodom. «Nit' istorii» — polnyj porazitel'nyh detalej rasskaz o samom vliyatel'nom tovare v istorii chelovechestva.

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Release date
09/26/2023

Alpina Non Fiction