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Silk : a history in three metamorphoses / Aarathi Prasad

By:

Prasad, Aarathi

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: 293 p. : illus. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780063160255

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DDC classification:

677.391 PRA 23/eng/20240128

Summary: In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	677.391 PRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non-fiction		029607

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years.

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