Unravelled Dreams: Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500–1840 - Ben Marsh - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9781108418287 - April 23, 2020
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Unravelled Dreams: Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500–1840


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A fascinating account of attempts to cultivate silk across New Spain, New France, British North America and the early United States. Ben Marsh shows how commodity failure, as much as success, can offer new insights into the aspirations, environment, and economic life in colonial societies.


494 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Tables, black and white; 5 Maps; 18 Halftones, color; 1 H

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 23, 2020
ISBN13 9781108418287
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 500
Dimensions 236 × 162 × 30 mm   ·   956 g
Language English  

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