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This book explores the fascinating history and present-day practices associated with cotton. This is a story of commercial and cultural enterprise, of the ties and tensions between East and West, of technological and industrial revolution, social modernization, colonialism and slavery. Cotton's history mirrors profound global transformations. And cotton remains one of the most significant mass commodities today. Cotton's track record on labor conditions in factories and plantations has tarnished its history and reputation, even as cotton clothes became the hallmark of modern industrialized society. Cotton expressed popular fashions and popular politics in dynamic ways. Yet cottons also take other cultural forms and are part of vibrant craft traditions in many parts of the world. This book explores the history, impact and ongoing life of this hugely influential textile.

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The history of cotton has a tendency to mirror profound global transformation and this book explores the history, impact and ongoing life of this hugely influential textile. This is a story of commercial and cultural enterprise; of the ties and tensions between East and West; of technological and industrial revolution; social history, fashion and politics. Cotton remains on of the most significant mass commodities today, yet cotton also takes other cultural forms and is part of vibrant craft traditions around the world. Embroidery magazine

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Beverly Lemire is Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair at the Department of History and Classics, and the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta.

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