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  • Fabric of War: The lost history of the global wool trade

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    FitzSimons, Patricia
    Shaw, Madelyn
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    FitzSimons, Trish M.
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    Few in 2019 appreciate that the throwaway culture of textiles in which synthetics are so prominent, came into being partly as a result of contrived shortages caused by military demand for natural fibres, most especially wool. Wool is critical to understanding military strategy in the modern era and in turn military uses of this fibre have shaped contemporary civilian society and our uses of textiles.Few in 2019 appreciate that the throwaway culture of textiles in which synthetics are so prominent, came into being partly as a result of contrived shortages caused by military demand for natural fibres, most especially wool. Wool is critical to understanding military strategy in the modern era and in turn military uses of this fibre have shaped contemporary civilian society and our uses of textiles.
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    Journal Title
    Selvedge Magazine: the Fabric of Your Life
    Issue
    90
    Publisher URI
    https://www.selvedge.org/products/issue-90-west
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 Selvedge. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Screen and digital media
    Historical studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/390930
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