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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393313484
ISBN-139780393313482
eBay Product ID (ePID)148912
Product Key Features
Book TitleWomens Work : the First 20000 Years Women Cloth and Society in Early Times
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicWomen, Civilization
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorElizabeth Wayland Barber
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsElizabeth Barber is as knowing and perceptive as any archaeologist-author in sight...Her topic is wonderfully fresh.
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal305.4/3677/09
Synopsis"A fascinating history of...[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." -- New York Times Book Review New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods--methods she herself helped to fashion. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World ), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric., Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods--methods she herself helped to fashion. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World ), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric., New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods--methods she herself helped to fashion. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World ), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric., "A fascinating history of...[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." --New York Times Book Review
LC Classification NumberZ270.G7
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Women’s Work, The First 20;000 Years
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