经纬之间：纺织贸易缔造的商业文明史 The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World

基本信息

Format Paperback | 320 pages

Dimensions 138 x 208 x 28mm | 310g

Publication date 09 Dec 2021

Publisher Basic Books

Publication City/Country London, United States

Language English

Illustrations note 92 Illustrations, black & white; 3 Charts

ISBN10 1541617622

ISBN13 9781541617629

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

"从尼安德特人的绳子到3D编织，一部 广阔的全球历史，突出了 纺织品如何真正改变了世界"——（华尔街日报）。

人类的故事就是纺织品的故事，它就像文明本身一样古老。自从线被纺出以来，人们对纺织品的需求推动了技术、商业、政治和文化的发展。

在《经纬之间》中，弗吉尼亚·波斯特雷尔综合了考古学、经济学和科学方面的突破性研究，揭示了一段令人惊讶的历史。从米诺斯人向埃及出口染有珍贵紫色染料的羊毛，到罗马人身着昂贵的中国丝绸，布匹贸易为古代世界铺设了十字路口。纺织品为文艺复兴和莫卧儿帝国提供了资金；它们为我们提供了银行和簿记，米开朗基罗的大卫和泰姬陵。布匹生意传播了字母和算术，推动了化学研究，并教会人们用二进制代码思考。

经纬之间》经过精心研究和巧妙叙述，讲述了世界上具影响力的商品的故事。

"我们被带入了一个史诗般的旅程，而且变化多端，就像丝绸之路本身一样，.... 《经纬之间》就像佛罗伦萨文艺复兴时期的锦缎：精心编织，技术精确，颜色混合了阴影和光泽，准确呈现了整块布。"——《纽约时报》

"纺织业因其自身的复杂性，以及它支撑人类技术创新的所有方式而没有得到足够的赞誉——弗吉尼亚-波斯特雷尔的这本博学而完整的书在很大程度上纠正了这一错误。"——《连线》杂志

From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)

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.

“We are taken on a journey as epic, and varying, as the Silk Road itself.… [The Fabric of Civilization is] like a swatch of a Florentine Renaissance brocade: carefully woven, the technique precise, the colors a mix of shade and shine and an accurate representation of the whole cloth."

—New York Times

“Textile-making hasn’t gotten enough credit for its own sophistication, and for all the ways it undergirds human technological innovation—an error Virginia Postrel’s erudite and complete book goes a long way toward correcting at last.”

—Wired

作者简介

弗吉尼亚·波斯雷尔是一位获奖的记者和学者。她是Bloomberg Opinion的专栏作家，并曾是《大西洋》、《华尔街日报》和《纽约时报》的专栏作家。她是备受好评的《风格的实质》和《魅力的力量》的作者。她的研究得到了阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆基金会的支持。她住在加利福尼亚州的洛杉矶。

Virginia Postrel is an award-winning journalist and independent scholar. She is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and has been a columnist for the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. She is the author of the highly acclaimed The Substance of Style and The Power of Glamour. Her research is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She lives in Los Angeles, California.