{"product_id":"womens-work-the-first-20-000-years-women-cloth-and-society-in-early-times","title":"Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years - Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times","description":"\"A fascinating history of…[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself.\" ―New York Times Book Review New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.\n\nTwenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women.\n\nDespite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture.\n\nElizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods―methods she herself helped to fashion. In a \"brilliantly original book\" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0393313484\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0393313484.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barber, Elizabeth Wayland\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41518948253754,"sku":"DBV.0393313484.G","price":20.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0393313484-0.jpg?v=1783921616","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/womens-work-the-first-20-000-years-women-cloth-and-society-in-early-times","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}