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Unravelled Dreams - Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500-1840 (Hardcover)
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Unravelled Dreams - Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500-1840 (Hardcover)
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One of the greatest hopes and expectations that accompanied
American colonialism - from its earliest incarnation - was that
Atlantic settlers would be able to locate new sources of raw silk,
with which to satiate the boundless desire for luxurious fabrics in
European markets. However, in spite of the great upheavals and
achievements of Atlantic plantation, this ambition would never be
fulfilled. By taking the commercial failure of silk seriously and
examining numerous experiments across New Spain, New France,
British North America and the early United States, Ben Marsh
reveals new insights into aspiration, labour, environment, and
economy in these societies. Each devised its own dreams and plans
of cultivation, framed by the particularities of cultures and
landscapes. Writ large, these dreams would unravel one by one: the
attempts to introduce silkworms across the Atlantic world
ultimately constituted a step too far, marking out the limits of
Europeans' seemingly unbounded power.
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