Many people learned of the famous Silk Road in their school’s history, literature or social studies text books. Traveler and trader Marco Polo described and popularized the ancient trade route within ...

Cotton Textiles in Global History / Giorgio Riello and Prasannan Parthasarathi -- World Areas of Cotton Textile Manufacturing -- Cotton Textiles in the Indian Subcontinent, 1200-1800 / Prasannan ...

FALL RIVER — A landmark book on the history of Fall River will be available for sale on Monday, Nov. 30, at the Fall River Historical Society. "American Textile Colossus: The Story of Fall River, ...

Suffragists watch as Alice Paul sews stars onto banner. The “story of textiles is the story of human ingenuity,” wrote Virginia Postrel, author of “The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the ...