Purpled World - Marketing Haute Couture in the Aegean Bronze Age

During the Aegean Bronze Age, the spread of woolen textiles triggered an increased demand for color. In The Purpled World, Silver reveals how Minoan and Mycenaean textile producers embedded commercial motivation into traditional rituals, and considers collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces as a manifestation of disintegration in the textile industry.

Info autore

Morris Silver is Professor Emeritus of Economics at City College, City University of New York.

Riassunto

During the Aegean Bronze Age, the spread of woolen textiles triggered an increased demand for color. In The Purpled World, Silver reveals how Minoan and Mycenaean textile producers embedded commercial motivation into traditional rituals, and considers collapse of the Mycenaean Palaces as a manifestation of disintegration in the textile industry.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Morris Silver, Silver Morris
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780674272569
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27256-9
• Pagine: 516
• Serie: Hellenic Studies Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Economic history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, bronze age, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval