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Podcast: Book Friends Forever
Episode: The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel Read by Caroline Turner Cole
Description: “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” (The New York Times)
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 Min...