Textile Economies - Power and Value from the Local to the Transnational (Hardcover, New)

Textiles have been a highly valued and central part of the politics of human societies across culture divides and over millennia. The economy of textiles provides insight into the fabric of social relations, local and global politics, and diverse ideologies. Textiles are a material element of society that fosters the study of continuities and disjunctions in the economic and social realities of past and present societies. From stick-loom weaving to transnational factories, the production of cloth and its transformation into clothing and other woven goods offers a way to study the linkages between economics and politics. The volume is oriented around a number of themes: textile production, textiles as trade goods, textiles as symbols, textiles in tourism, and textiles in the transnational processes. Textile Economies appeals to a broad range of scholars interested in the intersection of material culture, political economy, and globalization, such as archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, economists, museum curators, and historians.

General

Imprint:	AltaMira Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	September 2011
Editors:	Walter E. Little • Patricia A. McAnany
Dimensions:	239 x 167 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	342
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7591-2061-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-7591-2061-7
Barcode:	9780759120617

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!