books.google.co.uk - Essential in the everyday lives of all societies for providing protection and warmth, textiles also fulfill social, cultural, military, legal, and symbolic functions and have played a key role in the economic activity of societies from ancient times. This magnificent two-volume study brings together...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Cambridge_history_of_western_textile.html?id=ZljldSpV28UC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Cambridge history of western textiles. 1 (2003)
