Chapter ID: CBB033269419

Overview of Textile Technology in Ancient China (2021)

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Feng Zhao (Author)
Jiang, Xiaoyuan (Editor)


Springer
Pages: 107-130
Publication date: 2021
Language: English


Clothing, food, housing, and transport are basic necessities of life for human beings in any time at any places. By guaranteeing such basic needs, textile technology has become one of the most important components in our technological history. Textile technology occupies an important position in Chinese history of science and technology, among which silk technology particularly has made an extremely important contribution to the whole world’s history of science and technology.

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Authors & Contributors
Jiang, Xiaoyuan
Wenjie Li
Brill, Robert H.
Castillo Martos, Manuel
Davids, C. A.
Farmer, Sharon
Journals
Antiquity
Bulletin de liaison du Centre Internationale d'Etude des Textiles Anciens
French Historical Studies
Journal of Global History
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Technology and Culture
Publishers
Springer
Oxbow Books
Brill
Lexington Books
World Scientific
Concepts
Silk and silk industry
Development of technology; change in technology
Textiles
Marine biology
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Diffusion of innovation; diffusion of knowledge; diffusion of technology
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Early modern
13th century
17th century
18th century
Places
China
India
Great Britain
Cyprus
Paris (France)
Venice (Italy)
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