Cotton in Context

Manufacturing, Marketing, and Consuming Textiles in the German-Speaking World (1500-1900). Edited by Kim Siebenhüner, John Jordan and Gabi Schopf. While cotton was a world-changing good in the early modern period, for producers, merchants, and consumers, it was but one of many different fabrics. This volume explores this dichotomy by contextualizing cotton within its contemporary culture of textiles. In doing, it focuses on a long, under-researched region: the German-speaking world, particularly Switzerland, which transformed into one of the most prolific European regions for the production of printed cottons in the eighteenth century. Sixteen contributions investigate the (globally entangled) history of Indiennes, silk, wool, and embroideries, giving new insights into the manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of textiles between 1500 and 1900. With contributions by Karl Borromäus Murr, Michaela Breil, Ernest Menolfi et al. 424 Seiten mit 75 Abb., gebunden (Ding, Materialität, Geschichte; Band 4/Böhlau Verlag 2019) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear

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